[Fsf-friends] Re: PlayFair project

[Imran William Smith]

Given significant funds, you could try hosting it
in Sealand, an offshore oil platform that declared itself an
independent country, runs high security web hosting and,
according to their website,

'Sealand currently has no regulations regarding 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.'

http://www.sealandgov.com/
http://www.havenco.com/

The only trouble is that their cheapest hosting package is US$750 per month
with minimal bandwidth.  That's the price to pay for
'12" thick concrete walls, 24x7 armed security, and miles of empty sea 
between
you and any threat.'


Ultimately I believe this will happen to everything - money moves to
'offshore' financial havens, internet content moves to 'offshore' internet
havens, cloning research will move to 'offshore' biotech havens...

Will Smith
Malaysia


Anand Babu wrote:

>Hi RMS,
>,----[ Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> ]
>| Whether PlayFair would be considered legal in the US is a hard
>| question, given the details of what it does.  I think it is safer to
>| host it outside the US, in countries where there is really no law like
>| the DMCA.
>| 
>| I am looking for help in the Brazilian government.
>| 
>| If people interested in hosting the program want to talk with the
>| PlayFair developers, can you serve as an intermediary?
>`----
>
>PlayFair author has already made me (Anand Babu) as official
>project-maintainer and I am part of the development team. So I will be
>the contact-person for this project.
>
>People from FSF-India are actively exploring possibilities to help
>PlayFair project, both in terms of hosting service and legal guidance.
>
>Fighting DMCA is no easy task. We would like to get as much help as
>possible.
>
>Thanks
>  
>