From: Udhay Shankar N (udhay@pobox.com)
Date: Sun Jun 04 2000 - 22:21:51 PDT
Recalls _Islands In The Net_, and _Cryptonomicon_. Data Havens, hmm...Also
see (I could tell you, but I'd have to kill you) http://www.lfcity.com/
http://partners.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/06/biztech/articles/04have.html
In the annals of Internet history, June 5, 2000, may be remembered as the
date that a hardy band of true believers tried to establish the first
independent colony in cyberspace.
On Monday, a small international group of computer rebels plans to
introduce what they are calling a data haven, perched precariously on a
World War II military fortress six miles off England's coast.
<snip>
[however, the following quotes should be noted - udhay]
"Sealand's claim of sovereignty has never been legally tested."
"I wouldn't do anything to offend England," he said. "I'm an Englishman."
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