Name & Shareholders for a Pirate PLC wanted!

[Mirco da Silva]

Dear pirates,

we are a bunch of german pirates and are preparing to establish a british private limited company to generate money for the pirate movement as the prime objective.

The idea is to operate in an open business model, which developement is another objective to the company.

To keep it under democratic control, we are planning to have two kinds of shares:

The first kind of shares are the one with voting rights, and they will be only available to constituted pirate partys of the PPI Community and/or the uprising Pirate Nation.

The second kind with no voting rights will be sold to every pirate and privateer for 10,-€ per share untill the total volume of one million shares are sold.

We think that 10 million bucks are more than enough to get even cost intensive projects like an international Pirate News Network or the Korrupedia started and running untill they break even.

But all of this will be part of the non-party discussion along the international workshop in june in vienna, and your ideas and participation are very appreciated.

btw: we need a name for this baby, do you have a nice one?

Got nervous? Write me an email.

[TheBaldingOne]

I take it you've looked into the legal aspects of starting this company up in the UK? We're pretty well regulated as far as businesses go... Certainly sounds an interesting proposition...

[Mirco da Silva]

After years of experiences with german GmbH´s, spanish S.L.´s and other business models at this time and for our objectives a british PLC seems to be the best working basis ship.
This "basis ship" will, if we want it, create national subsidiary companies for tax saving and responsibility reasons.
For example: A "Pirates International LTD & CO.KG" will be our pirate cargo ship for Germany. Other countries have other regulations, and it is on the local pirates to find out how to operate most effectivly there.
btw: there can be as many companies as we need to spread the risks of biz and gov interaction over many shoulders.
Decentralisation works.
To save a little money and get closer to you, it would be a nice idea if you can provide a british postal adress for the registered office, which we would have to pay for to non-pirates otherwise. Maybe we can avoid it and let the money circulate inside the pirate family?

[lglira]

A corporation for pirates? very interesting, here in Peru we have been stablished a company for our open business projects, this company is called Quantum Solutions, which is the legal owner of our patents, the first three patents will be awarded by Peruvian Patent Office in this year. We are going to offer free royality licences to all. Our second company will be called Microtelcos del Peru, which will be the operator of free wireless networks. We are stablishing companies because NGOs and Parties are not allowed to run business.

[Juxi]

We are stablishing companies because NGOs and Parties are not allowed to run business.

I think that's everywhere the same ...

[Mirco da Silva]

Everywhere but in Germany? Can´t believe it... what are the workarounds?

[TeirdeZ]

Look into Swedish laws on business. Especially small businesses are not nearly taxed as highly as they say. And it's easy to start up. The government did, at least before the elections last year, make labour available for free if you took it on yourself to teach them to do whatever you wanted your business to do.

No political parties, but you could have a company with anyone else and give the excess to wherever, I think.

[Core-TX]

Good plan, although I would prefer seeing a offshore company, since the UK Is part of the european union.
In fact, I do not like taxes