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Jorge
February 22nd, 2007, 03:20 PM
The world's most famous BitTorrent pirates decide to drop anchor in their home country of Sweden, saying the whole affair was really for them to be able to "look on Google Maps and find ourselves there."
<p>It was January 9th of last month that The Pirate Bay fired the proverbial "shot heard around the world" when it announced it was going to try to purchase the the Principality of Sealand. The current "royal" family, who has no doubt grown weary of living in 2 concrete tubes in the freezing waters of the North Sea, politely denied their offer and The Pirate Bay pledged to look elsewhere.</p>
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exodusms
February 22nd, 2007, 03:38 PM
Thats too bad, but honestly did anyone think they would ever buy one?