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TorrentReactor Buys and Renames Russian Town

• awa 16y ago
  Does the town still has to abide by russian copyright laws or not... if they still apply, then it won't be a safe haven for torrentors (;))
  • Charuru 16y ago
    They're well aware of this. Read the article, it says it's either for PR or as a humanitarian move, rather than anything political.
  • jackolas 16y ago
    Even then russia is kind of a joke when it comes to copyright.
• die_sekte 16y ago
  I cannot really think of a more insane move that would be currently possible.
• mjsergey 16y ago
  "Because we were unable to verify the deal from both ends, we have to inform our readers that TorrentReactor is known to carry out pranks and ludicrous actions."
• kiba 16y ago
  It would be interesting if somebody buy a town,fly in all the tech junks, get a bunch of hackers and then tell them to invent stuff out of the junks. It would be an interesting and educational reality TV show.
• JadeNB 16y ago
  Though the good old days of these kinds of shenanigans in the US are presumably over, their memory lives on in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_or_Consequences,_New_Mexico http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_or_Consequences,_New_Mexi...).
  • PidGin128 16y ago
    And temporarily, topeka: (last paragraph of section) http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Topeka,_Kansas&oldid=377765307&printable=yes#21st_century http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Topeka,_Kansas&#38...