I personally suspect that the recent Sealand announcement is mainly to spur interesting discussion and fundraising, rather than to actually obtain the very tiny micronation. But I don't really know. <http://forum.buysealand.com/>
(LBO-ers might be interested to know that on the forums discussing the Sealand purchase, they're clearly aware of anarchist, socialist and communist ideas.)
---- "The Pirate Bay Wants to Buy Sealand" <http://torrentfreak.com/the-pirate-bay-to-buy-sealand/>
The Pirate Bay together with the ACFI have worked out a plan to buy the micronation of Sealand. Future citizens of this country can look forward to high speed Internet and the absence of copyright laws. <http://buysealand.com/>
Sealand and its hosting company HavenCo have no regulations concerning 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.
On buysealand.com we read, "With the help of all the kopimists on Internets, we want to buy Sealand. Donate money and you will become a citizen and nobleman. It should be a great place for everybody, with high-speed Internets access, no copyright laws and vip accounts to The Pirate Bay."
Worth a donation!
If they don't raise enough money to buy Sealand they will try to buy another small island, and claim it as their own country.
Earlier this year, The Pirate Bay supported ACFI's war against Ladonia, a micronation located in the south of Sweden.