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[–] Fontasia@feddit.nl 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Remember when they tried to buy Sealand?

[–] HonkTonkWoman@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Fontasia@feddit.nl 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I remember this being discussed at length on various forums at the time (the legality, questions about what would happen if it all fell into the sea.) but as with so much of the Internet, it appears to have been largely lost. Luckily I was not imagining things this time and did find a couple of references.

Death of a data haven: cypherpunks, WikiLeaks, and the world’s smallest nation | Ars Technica

The Pirate Bay Wants to Buy Sealand * TorrentFreak