The Pirate Bay plans to buy Sealand

Swedish file-sharing website The Pirate Bay is planning to buy the
550 square metre principality of Sealand, a former British naval
platform in the North Sea that has been designated a 'micronation'.

The group has set up a campaign
to raise money to buy the self-declared sovereign nation. Outside the
jurisdiction of the UK or any other country, The Pirate Bays believes
it could safely run the world's largest 'bit torrent tracker'.

Last year the Pirate Bay was closed down after raids by the Swedish
police, and although it returned to a new Swedish server after a short
stay in the Netherlands, the Motion Picture Ass. of America, the
Swedish Anti-Piracy Bureau and the US government have all lobbied for
The Pirate Bay's closure.