A telling story of Sealand, Havenco, and wikileaks.

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This is probably the most accurate account of the whole Sealand/HavenCo thing anywhere (there are a few minor details which are missing, but it's basically as accurate as one could hope to be).

It's also not quite as good as the same author's 80 page law review article (linked from it) -- which is IMO utterly amazing, and has lots of legal insights we never considered at the time.

"Code not laws" has been around a long time, and in 2012, I'd have to add "code not concrete", too.

Yeah it's a good read. Surprised it's not gaining more than a handful of up votes. It's made the home page of the verge and slashdot. Did I choose a poor title? Post at the wrong time? Oh well...

It was 10-12 years ago, and isn't really development related vs. a cautionary tale.

I will submit the 80 page version and see how people feel.

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