A Legal History of Sealand

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Crazed Rabbit 20:52 02-20-2011

I know what you've been wanting to learn about: a detailed history of...

SEALAND
in relation to data havens and international law.

Originally Posted by :
As Eugene mentioned in his introduction, I’ll be talking about my new article, Sealand, HavenCo, and the Rule of Law (SSRN, BePress). Thanks to Eugene and his co-Conspirators for having me here. I can’t think of a better group to discuss it with than VC readers, since it hits on themes including government power versus individual freedom, how technology is changing law, and the sometimes tenuous line between reality and science fiction.

In the article, I discuss the history and significance of HavenCo’s attempt in the early 2000s to set up a data haven on Sealand, a former anti-aircraft platform in the North Sea. A data haven is “the information equivalent to a tax haven”: a place to store your data that’s hopefully beyond the reach of any other country’s legal system. The best-known example of one is Kinakuta, from Neal Stephenson’s 1999 novel Cryptonomicon, about which more later in the week.

Part I: http://volokh.com/2011/02/14/sealand...ry-of-sealand/

Part II: http://volokh.com/2011/02/15/sealand...ll-of-havenco/

Part III: http://volokh.com/2011/02/16/sealand...-havenco-fail/

Part IV: http://volokh.com/2011/02/17/sealand...d-sealand-law/

Part V: http://volokh.com/2011/02/18/sealand...-from-havenco/

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