Looks like there’s more than one group that wants to set up the pirate Internet. The Pirate Bay has been constantly bombarded with all kinds of legal battles surrounding the sharing of copyright material, so it looks like they’re going to circumvent the problem by sending some GPS-controlled drones over international waters and hosting part of the site there.

Sound crazy? Yeah, a little, but it starts to make a lot of sense if you stop to think about it. By hovering portions of the site over international waters and having the ability to move these drones around, it’s a heck of a lot harder for authorities to take down these “pirates” for good. The plans aren’t concrete yet, but they are working on “sending out some small drones that will float some kilometers up in the air.”

They’ll still need to rely on land-based data centers for a lot of the heavy lifting, but according to The Pirate Bay’s blog, the “Low Orbit Server Stations (LOSS) are just the first attempt. With modern radio transmitters we can get over 100Mbps per node up to 50km away. For the proxy system we’re building, that’s more than enough.”

Puts a whole new meaning to “going to the cloud,” don’t you think?  So what’s stopping the US Government or even Warner Bros. from building weaponized anti-pirate drone fighters?

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Judge Nevin Dawson ruled that Dotcom is eligible for bail as he has no access to funds which would make him a flight risk. Although lawyers acting on behalf of the US government argued that Dotcom has access to wealth that would help him to flee the country, Dawson said that there is no evidence to prove that he has further assets hidden.

As you might know, Dotcom’s known assets including his bank accounts and his Coatesville, Auckland mansion have been seized. However, his pregnant wife and three children were allowed to live in the mansion.

And According to Dawson, Dotcom has “every reason to stay [in New Zealand] to be with his family and to fight to keep his significant assets“.

To make sure that he doesn’t break the bail conditions, Dotcom must reside at his Coatesville mansion and should not travel beyond 50 miles from the residence. Access to helicopters is not allowed. He is also forbidden to access internet as he has “the ability to use it for wrong purposes”, according to Dawson.

Just to refresh your memory, Kim Dotcom is wanted by the US Justice Department for committing $500 million worth of copyright infringement. He and three of his associates might get extradited to the US if the court rules against them in an upcoming hearing.

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