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Okay, I said it sounded stupid, but the idea seems theoretically solid. Granted, you're talking about powerful radio transmitters and equally powerful (if compact) receiving devices. A big issue might be radio interference, or simply governmental hatred; these things wouldn't be hard to accidentally shoot down, or not so accidentally if they drift into no-fly zones.
But it seems a little pointless. Torrents exist in the ether. The servers just make it easy for everyone to find; this functionality has existed in P2P networks for years, and I believe is already ported over in part, if you use utorrent. Protecting the pirate bay servers themselves may eventually become unnecessary, as the site itself will be outdated.
Moreover, the issue of piracy itself seems to reflect a need in the customer base, rather than an issue of free speech. That a political party might be founded on the idea of piracy is an interesting notion, but perhaps not one that can exit with current business interests worldwide.
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