Bashing in Minds » torrents http://bashinginminds.com Geekstuff, for the discriminating geek Fri, 11 May 2012 14:47:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=368 Sailing the bit torrent seas http://bashinginminds.com/2007/01/12/sailing-the-bit-torrent-seas/ http://bashinginminds.com/2007/01/12/sailing-the-bit-torrent-seas/#comments Fri, 12 Jan 2007 13:58:43 +0000 cabridges http://cabridges.com/?p=139 What do you do when your business model violates laws in your home country, and the laws of most every country around?

Start a new country, of course.

The Pirates Bay, one of the top bit torrent sites where you can find links to download music, movies, TV shows, software, and more, is getting a little tired of being hounded by the Swedish government for their perfectly harmless habit of facilitating worldwide copyright infringement and has decided to go it alone by buying Sealand, a former British naval platform in the North Sea that was declared a "micronation" during some legal disputes in the 70's. Sealand is now for sale, and The Pirate Bay is sizing it up and measuring for drapes.

Interested in becoming a citizen of the first "information must be free" nation? Head to their Web site and donate. Keep in mind, however, that where companies can be sued, countries can be bombed. Just sayin'.

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