Aye! The Pirate Bay Anthem is Here
Aye! The Pirate Bay Anthem is Here
A few years ago The Pirate Bay crew toyed with the idea of founding a
pirate state, preferably in the micronation of Sealand or another
suitable island. An island was never bought, but The Pirate Bay does
have an official anthem now.
Early 2007 The Pirate Bay launched its ‘Buy Sealand”
campaign. The plan was to raise enough money so they could buy the
micronation of Sealand and offer “high-speed Internets access, no
copyright laws and vip accounts to The Pirate Bay.”
Within a few weeks the campaign raised some $20,000 from potential
citizens, but this wasn’t enough. Sealand turned out not to be an
option as it was prized at 750 million euros, which equals nearly one
billion US dollars. Other alternatives were considered but most islands
lacked a proper Internet connection.
After a few months the project slowly died and the money raised was
used to buy trees instead, allegedly in Cambodia to conceal King Kong’s
whereabouts. Even though there’s no official pirate state, Pirate Bay’s
presence on the Internet has led to an embassy of like minded people, and most recently an anthem.
The song was written by Swedish artist Montt Mardié, who thought
that The Pirate Bay and its following could use an anthem, and so he
decided to write one. A video was posted on YouTube and elsewhere, and
the single is also available on the world’s largest BitTorrent tracker.
The Pirate Bay crew officially endorsed the anthem, and encourages everyone to download, remix and share it. “To show the world, that we’re all The Pirate Bay…”
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fCHoI0h7Tc&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]
Source : TorrentFreak
