Roy Bates, "Prince Roy" of Sealand, dies at 90.

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Last I heard sealand was defunct I remember the hosting havenco went dark I
thought sealand shutdown too

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As a Lord of Sealand, I can assure you Sealand is not defunct. :slight_smile:

Randy

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James Grimmelmann's recent write up is worth reading

http://works.bepress.com/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1035&context=james_grimmelmann

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James Grimmelmann's recent write up is worth reading
http://works.bepress.com/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1035&context=james_grimmelmann
j

Octal gave a talk at Defcon or HOPE a few years in a row about Sealand. The last one he spilled the beans on how bad Sealand did. Managerial and customer base wise. IIRC for months the entire internet connection was done over a cell phone at 9600bps or some such. He went into some details about difficulties of the idea (banks won't accept you.) One of the most memorable talks I've seen.

       - Ethan O'Toole

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Joly MacFie wrote:

James Grimmelmann's recent write up is worth reading

http://works.bepress.com/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1035&context=james_grimmelmann

So many incredible stories in there...thanks for posting that link.