I'm asking about what place one could openly host every known commercial pop song and every Hollywood film without any worry about being shutdown or sued.

For a reference, according to a one-minute check of Wikipedia, the only countries which haven't ratified the Berne Convention or the TRIPS Agreement in any way are Eritrea, Kosovo, Palau and Palestine. While joining these agreements doesn't imply they're enforced, it gives an idea of how widely governments do agree to intellectual property rights.

~~how much would it cost to launch an independent server into orbit?~~

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[–] TheFogan@programming.dev 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

at one point there was talk of moving the pirate bay to The Principality of Sealand

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Sealand

[–] comfy@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Since the micronation is unrecognized, within the territorial claim of the UK and easily within reach of their law enforcement, I wonder what the Principality of Sealand would have to do before the UK attempt to enforce their laws on them. Would the huge pressure of recording and film industries have enough power to compel them? Sealand have gotten into serious armed shenanigans before, which if one chooses not to interpret their governance as valid, would effectively be ransom.

Their wiki page mentions HavenCo, a data haven which apparently was operational for a few years.