buying an own nation to avoid copyright laws is surely a special idea. a bit a surprise that the mainstream media here in sweden hasn’t really reported that news although the pirate bay has been a very political question here.

Found a news article saying its £65 million ($127 million)

so not so much as $500M :P

still a fucklot of money though

I don’t think US has any rules about dual citizenship. Both my aunt and my cousin are naturalized citizens so they in fact have two citizenships.

When I get my US citizenship, I do not loose my Polish one so I think it would be fine.

The place is a WW II gun platform, so I think 1 wifi access point will cover the whole place, and some sea around it in case you want to go fishing.

I don’t think there are any Unicorns there though – unless they naturally breed on man made sea platforms out of steel and concrete.

I think the native fauna consists of 4 inbred rats, a janitor, some fleas, flies and lots of bird poop.

I know the money is for that, but I don’t think they can just grant citizenship like that. Would the United States allow duel citizenship? Are there majestic unicorns on this island? And most importantly, will there be WiFi?????

Well, it’s not like they are tricking you into giving them money. I think they are pretty straightforward about their intentions. I doubt that anyone will actually donate any large sums to them just because they want a citizenship. Rather, I think people will give them money because they like The Pirate Bay.

So I wouldn’t say a scam – just a PR stunt.

I think it’s $500 million. My question is what they would do with the money if they ended up not buying the island. Smells like a scam to me. Who’s to say that someone else doesn’t buy the island before them?!

hmm.. Sealand citizenship.. tempting but I’d still rather buy my own island
is there any estimate of how much this is going to cost them?

Hmmm… So if I paypal them $1 I can be citizen when they actually buy it? Awesome!

They say that anyone who contributes to project Sealand will become respective citizens.

freakin awesome!

I hadnt heard about this but I love it – not just because of the copyright sidestepping stuff but the idea of buying yourself a nation… I gotta do that, whats the going rate on Pacific Islands these days? :lol:

Actually, scratch that – I doubt Pacific Islands get much bandwidth… whats the going rate on islands that are near to the coasts of large rich countries?