Pirate Bay plans to buy its own country - bit-tech.net Forums

Tim S · 12th Jan 2007, 10:55

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2007/01...s_own_country/

Da_Rude_Baboon · 12th Jan 2007, 10:59

Brilliant idea! I could just see George W adding sealand to his axis of evil, although knowing him he would invade sea world instead.

Fod · 12th Jan 2007, 11:08

what's to stop america and the EU from putting sanctions on them?
surely a country will needs its own IP subnet, so countried will be able to block traffic to/from it.

also, there's always the declaration of war

simosaurus · 12th Jan 2007, 11:09

lol, its quite a clever idea, but it wont work :P

tuteja1986 · 12th Jan 2007, 11:16

Oh boy

... International water has no law. Movie industry could hire some private mercenary to take em out for good.

_Kat_ · 12th Jan 2007, 11:28

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Originally Posted by tuteja1986

Oh boy

... International water has no law. Movie industry could hire some private mercenary to take em out for good.

LOOL!! I really hope they buy it. Maybe I'll go over there and live there. Or at least visit it. Since the country is owned by The Pirate Bay people woudl want to go there on vacation just so they can come back home and say: "I've been to Sealand." And everybody would be like: "WOAH, NO WAY DUDE!!". They could build a small hotel or something and they could earn lots of cash from tourism or somethign like that. What ever happens this is going to be BIG news everywhere.

BioSniper · 12th Jan 2007, 11:28

That's just the trouble with this idea. They would need to have an army of some kind to protect it but realistically all someone needs to do is wack a good sized bomb on it and it will vanish.
Good idea, poorly thought out.

buchans · 12th Jan 2007, 11:56

lol great idea, wont work tho to close to the uk

but if I was them I'd buy a decomissioned oil rig, tow it outside UK waters and setup there

Spaceraver · 12th Jan 2007, 11:57

hm, even if the bomb the poo poo out of Sealand once taken over by TPB, there would be an international uproar, because there would be people involved, i.e. dead humans.. But that said... id live there with a big gun...

cpu121 · 12th Jan 2007, 11:59

Someone on Neowin claims that Sealand has a gigabit satelite link to the UK. I want one of those!

rupbert · 12th Jan 2007, 12:03

This cheered me up this morning, absolutely hilarious!

mrplow · 12th Jan 2007, 12:27

madness... I like the diplomat idea though, but I assume our far nation would have to recognise the nation of Sealand (and probably won't)

will. · 12th Jan 2007, 12:35

I don't know why they want to buy it... Just invade and eventualy you can claim ownership.

I wonder who would be king?

Fly · 12th Jan 2007, 12:45

Pretty much pointless. The only reason the UK havn't laid claim to it is because they havn't needed to. If Mr Bush puts pressure on Mr Blair over coffee there will be more Royal Navy surrounding it since they surrounded the Falkland Islands. And it would only take one trigger happy Sealander to open fire on them with a dinky shotgun and they would find on the recieving end of enough Depleted Uranium to keep them glowing for centuries.

Before military action though there would ba a simple threat of sanctions against any country supplying them with access to the internet, and seeing that the countries likely to supply them with access would be in Europe they simply would be wasting their money.

Lazarus Dark · 12th Jan 2007, 13:24

Stupid. Don't they know that we Americans police the whole world. If the hollywood lobbyists push a little money to the right people, the great nation of sealand would be overthrown and replaced with a new 'demomocraticalist' system before anyone could finish downloading a .tor file. Sorry, but America owns the internet, oil and the environment. Deal with it.

DXR_13KE · 12th Jan 2007, 13:44

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this is so funny!!!! *pant wese pant wese pant* HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!! CRAB THIS IS KILLING ME!!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
sorry.
this is madness... i hope they buy it.....

imagine guys dressed as pirates on that platform, and talking like: ARRRRR, shimber me timbers!!!!! were is mi .TOR!!!!!!

edit: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Originally Posted by wikipedia

From 2007 Sealand is available for transfer by Spanish estate company InmoNaranja.[19] It is explicitly stated that Sealand is not for sale, as a principality cannot be sold.[20] A sum of between £65,000,000 and £504,000,000 ($977 million, €750,000,000) is set as the price for the new tenant(s).)[21][22][23] Offers of "eight digits or over" are being solicited.[24] On January 9, 2007 The Pirate Bay announced they were seeking donations in order to buy Sealand.

edit3: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!

zhangmaster12 · 12th Jan 2007, 14:33

time to donate money so they can buy sealand

MrWillyWonka · 12th Jan 2007, 14:56

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Originally Posted by Wikipedia

Originally Posted by wikipedia
From 2007 Sealand is available for transfer by Spanish estate company InmoNaranja.[19] It is explicitly stated that Sealand is not for sale, as a principality cannot be sold.[20] A sum of between £65,000,000 and £504,000,000 ($977 million, €750,000,000) is set as the price for the new tenant(s).)[21][22][23] Offers of "eight digits or over" are being solicited.[24] On January 9, 2007 The Pirate Bay announced they were seeking donations in order to buy Sealand.

So pirate bay needs to come up with about a billion dollars.... from where?

Nice idea but before I even read the first line I thought that America would invade it before anyone could download anything!

/Me vote we create a bit-tech army and invade sealand? ComputerKing will obviously be His Royal Highneess, King of Sealand!

overdosedelusion · 12th Jan 2007, 15:10

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Originally Posted by MrWillyWonka

/Me vote we create a bit-tech army and invade sealand? ComputerKing will obviously be His Royal Highneess, King of Sealand!

And. LivE In A WOrld of This?!!...NO ThanKS..

Man.. OH PleaSE/ Should hAVe NExxo is King, morE info ThaN Computer King BrAIN(HEAD)

planki · 12th Jan 2007, 15:20

i love the idea, its brilliant. Reminds me of the BBC program where that guy whose name i fail to remember tried to create his own country and join the UN.

Surely they could just buy a massive old tanker or something, tow it out to international waters whack a huge diesel generator on it along with a satellite dish and a server room and be done with it instead??

12th Jan 2007, 10:55	#1
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12th Jan 2007, 10:59	#2
Da_Rude_Baboon Ultramodder Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Aberdeen Posts: 1,386	Brilliant idea! I could just see George W adding sealand to his axis of evil, although knowing him he would invade sea world instead.

12th Jan 2007, 11:16	#5
tuteja1986 Minimodder Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Sydney Posts: 48	Oh boy ... International water has no law. Movie industry could hire some private mercenary to take em out for good.

12th Jan 2007, 11:57	#9
Spaceraver Weekend Junkie Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kolding, Denmark Posts: 1,307	hm, even if the bomb the poo poo out of Sealand once taken over by TPB, there would be an international uproar, because there would be people involved, i.e. dead humans.. But that said... id live there with a big gun... __________________ "Faith: not wanting to know what is true." - Friedrich Nietzsche. "Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful." - Seneca Last thing I remember, I was drinking this glowing green sht out of a test tube and dancing like a bstard.

12th Jan 2007, 11:59	#10
cpu121 Supermodder Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: UK Posts: 323	Someone on Neowin claims that Sealand has a gigabit satelite link to the UK. I want one of those!

12th Jan 2007, 12:03	#11
rupbert Hypermodder Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 799	This cheered me up this morning, absolutely hilarious!

12th Jan 2007, 12:27	#12
mrplow obey the fist!! Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: London Posts: 2,419	madness... I like the diplomat idea though, but I assume our far nation would have to recognise the nation of Sealand (and probably won't) __________________ Big, half-finished, parts hanging out computer ATCS 210; MSI mATX; AMD 4000+; HD4770; 3GB DDR400; 2x120GB + 2x1TB; 19" HANNS-G

12th Jan 2007, 12:35	#13
will. A motorbike of jealousy! Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Yorkshire! Posts: 4,404	I don't know why they want to buy it... Just invade and eventualy you can claim ownership. I wonder who would be king? __________________ work \| play \| blog PS3 & 360: willblack Flickr my twitter. Last.FM Check out my Last.FM & iToggle & Nav-o-Matic jQuery plugins.

12th Jan 2007, 12:45	#14
Fly inter arma silent leges Moderator Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: London, UK Posts: 3,741	Pretty much pointless. The only reason the UK havn't laid claim to it is because they havn't needed to. If Mr Bush puts pressure on Mr Blair over coffee there will be more Royal Navy surrounding it since they surrounded the Falkland Islands. And it would only take one trigger happy Sealander to open fire on them with a dinky shotgun and they would find on the recieving end of enough Depleted Uranium to keep them glowing for centuries. Before military action though there would ba a simple threat of sanctions against any country supplying them with access to the internet, and seeing that the countries likely to supply them with access would be in Europe they simply would be wasting their money. __________________ "Flying is simple; push on the stick and the houses become bigger, pull back on the stick and houses become smaller, unless you keep pulling in which case the houses will become bigger again..." Disce quasi semper victurus; vive quasi cras moriturus.

12th Jan 2007, 13:24	#15
Lazarus Dark Supermodder Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: US Memphis, TN Posts: 292	Stupid. Don't they know that we Americans police the whole world. If the hollywood lobbyists push a little money to the right people, the great nation of sealand would be overthrown and replaced with a new 'demomocraticalist' system before anyone could finish downloading a .tor file. Sorry, but America owns the internet, oil and the environment. Deal with it. __________________ My gun kata is greater than your kung fu.

12th Jan 2007, 14:33	#17
zhangmaster12 Hypermodder Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 870	time to donate money so they can buy sealand __________________ Project Dimension 2400

12th Jan 2007, 15:20	#20
planki ... Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: nottingham Posts: 1,121	i love the idea, its brilliant. Reminds me of the BBC program where that guy whose name i fail to remember tried to create his own country and join the UN. Surely they could just buy a massive old tanker or something, tow it out to international waters whack a huge diesel generator on it along with a satellite dish and a server room and be done with it instead?? __________________ Whoopa