The offshore platform where piratebay existed a while ago would be a nice place for them to operate from.
Comment on Music labels sue Internet Archive over digitized record collection
cyd@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Legally speaking, I don’t see how the Internet Archive wins this case. Problem is, what happens then? It would be pretty unfortunate to lose the Internet Archive as a resource, over a risky foray into streaming.
Defectus@lemmy.world 1 year ago
rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 1 year ago
You’re referring to the so-called Principality of Sealand.
The Pirate Bay began an attempt to buy Sealand in 2007, but it never went through with it and the website was never actually located there. Also, due to updated territorial claims by the UK over the years, Sealand is now firmly within British waters and has zero chance of ever being recognized as an actual sovereign state.
Aside from all that though, Sealand tried for a time to market themselves as a “data haven” and due to a pile-up of failures and misunderstandings of reality that did not end well for anyone.
medborgare@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Could they still keep the content but not have it available to the public until it enters public domain or copyright laws are improved?
cyd@lemmy.world 1 year ago
That would have been the legally defensible move. But if this case goes through, they’ll be liable for past damages, which would bankrupt them.
IMO, this project of digitising/streaming old records should have been done under a totally separate organization from the get go, because of how risky it is.