Talk:Sealand

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Wow this is interesting. I gotta laugh at the UK, haha. What a smart move. Anyway, what is also interesting is this company called "HavenCo" which hired space in Sealand to provide services in Sealand such as hosting. They don't allow cracking (including port scanning which is legal in my country). They don't allow spam either. Finally, they don't allow child pornography.

What is interesting however is what is allowed because Sealand doesn't have laws regarding that. I quote:

"Material that is unlawful in the jurisdiction of the server. For instance, if a customer's machine is hosted on Sealand by HavenCo, content which is illegal in Sealand may not be published or housed on that server. Sealand's laws prohibit child pornography. Sealand currently has no regulations regarding copyright, patents, libel, restrictions on political speech, non-disclosure agreements, cryptography, restrictions on maintaining customer records, tax or mandatory licensing, DMCA, music sharing services, or other issues; child pornography is the only content explicitly prohibited. At the present time, child pornography is not precisely defined; HavenCo is obeying rules similar to those of the United States, specifically a prohibition on any depiction of those under 18 in a sexual context." Source.

Think about it. Consider downloading copyrighted work such as a MP3 of Dear Britney is allowed in several countries in this world including Canada, Netherlands, and most likely others. If you put the data on the server at HavenCo before some kind of ruling you're safe to download the content. The only thing which ain't allowed is redistribution; e.g. a Linux distribution wouldn't be allowed to redistribute some patented cruft. One could also use Microsoft's leaked source code or other restricted source code in Sealand to incorporate in applications. The most interesting aspect IMO is absence of a patent and DMCA law. Also, in the case the laws in our Western society become more strict regarding tech-related art there's always this backup plan which is able to function as a safe haven. Awesome. -- dpi