Pirate Bay wants to buy Sealand

Jimmy 2004 · Jan 12, 2007

In a story completely unrelated to yesterday's news about Wal-Mart and The Pirate Bay Torrent site, it has been revealed that the site is planning to buy its own country. Having its own country will mean it can wave goodbye to copyright laws, with the site recently coming under fire from US firms regarding copyright enforcement. The location The Pirate Bay wants is a former WWII gun platform now known as the Principality of Sealand, which is located just off the UK coast. This is a very interesting new approach to bypassing copyright laws, and even if it fails The Pirate Bay does have other locations as reserves - the project will be funded by £100m which the site hopes to raise via donations from users who will automatically become citizens of the principality.

Update: on The Pirate Bay's website is now has the name Pirates of Sealand!

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EviLZeD · Jan 12, 2007

that is pretty damn cool

dmce · Jan 12, 2007

A pirates bay indeed (well nearly). Pretty funny story. All the companies suing should just invest in some battleships.

TUngsten · Jan 12, 2007

Sealand has been trying to sell its services to data pirates for years. It's a really funny place, google it and read up on it. They've been trying to get recognized as a soverign entity but everyone just ignores them.

http://www.sealandgov.org/

Seany1212 · Jan 12, 2007

ok im highly confused, so what that platform is its own country :confused:

, how can that be a country???

HookeyStreet · Jan 12, 2007

LMAO great news

Homeless · Jan 12, 2007

This news made my day

Jimmy 2004 · Jan 12, 2007

Seany1212 said:
ok im highly confused, so what that platform is its own country , how can that be a country???

Well, it is actually debated as to whether it is independant from the UK... some argue it is, others argue it isn't. TPB must be fairly confident that it will be able to do as it pleased there either way, otherwise it wouldn't be interested in such a huge investment. Maybe they do just like the sea image associated with it?

Seany1212 · Jan 12, 2007

LOL so they hopefully will have the principality, whats next? A pirate ship? :roll:

Benpi · Jan 12, 2007

The US goes to war over such things. I'd like to see what happens when we drop a few cruise missiles on this country once things start to get out of control.

Easy Rhino · Jan 12, 2007

Seany1212 said:
ok im highly confused, so what that platform is its own country , how can that be a country???

any piece of land can be a country if you claim it as such. of course, other people have to recognize it as a country as well and thats not happening in this case.

DaMulta · Jan 12, 2007

Seany1212 said:
LOL so they hopefully will have the principality, whats next? A pirate ship?

pt · Jan 12, 2007

DaMulta said:

lol
you're the owner of the pirate bay?

this news are pretty good

Track · Jan 12, 2007

I dont think that the little principality will be a country.. thats crazy.
It will simply be a place outside of any other country, and thus not dictated by ANY laws. You can kill anyone u want there and nothing will happen to u, and best of all No Tax! That is, if u can find someone selling anything there.

wazzledoozle · Jan 12, 2007

Thats great

I can see the RIAA trying to raid them, that would make one hell of a news story.

TLH · Jan 12, 2007

I saw something about this place being sold on the news the other night.It's a principality like Monaco I think.Has its own set of stamps and everything afaik.

Slater · Jan 12, 2007

Track said:
I dont think that the little principality will be a country.. thats crazy.
It will simply be a place outside of any other country, and thus not dictated by ANY laws. You can kill anyone u want there and nothing will happen to u, and best of all No Tax! That is, if u can find someone selling anything there.

They can make cocaine/crack/heroin and grow marijuana!

pt · Jan 12, 2007

wazzledoozle said:
Thats great

I can see the RIAA trying to raid them, that would make one hell of a news story.

even better
RIAA buy their own country, that declares war to the pirate bay

and the war against piracy will be more fun,

W2hCYK · Jan 12, 2007

ahahahahahah i would love to see who wins the actual physical war over pirating.. this is amazing.. ROFL.. RIAAIsland and The Pirate Bay.. LOL!!!

pt · Jan 12, 2007

W2hCYK said:
ahahahahahah i would love to see who wins the actual physical war over pirating.. this is amazing.. ROFL.. RIAAIsland and The Pirate Bay.. LOL!!!

i will volunteer to fight for the pirate bay

gimme that gun on pic, and the riaa parashooters are dead

Jimmy 2004 · Jan 12, 2007

pt said:
i will volunteer to fight for the pirate bay gimme that gun on pic, and the riaa parashooters are dead

Lol, yeah - the Pirate Bay would do quite well if it's on a gun platform! Maybe that's why they chose it over some of the cheaper islands?

W2hCYK · Jan 12, 2007

Ill beam them down with my laser.. lol!

and i have an arsenal of paintball guns we could use as well! WHO WANTS THE PISTOL! NOT ME!!

pt · Jan 12, 2007

Jimmy 2004 said:
Lol, yeah - the Pirate Bay would do quite well if it's on a gun platform! Maybe that's why they chose it over some of the cheaper islands?

pheraps, let's hope the pirate bay supplies the weapons

W2hCYK · Jan 12, 2007

what could the US do about this country stealing and sharing products of the US, UK, Canada, ect?

pt · Jan 12, 2007

W2hCYK said:
what could the US do about this country stealing and sharing products of the US, UK, Canada, ect?

carpet bombing?

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