LFGSS and Microcosm shutting down 16th March 2025 (the day before the Online Safety Act is enforced)

Lolz, I find myself talking to a few people who run a large private torrent tracker and site as to how they do things.

It is an option for me to give up control and help shepherd the site to a structure that puts it beyond the scope of the UK, especially given that we've already proven it can quickly change domain name (when the .sm was revoked) and IP addresses (when I changed hosting provider and no one noticed).

Some thoughts about options:

1. an internationally legal way that avoids the UK and didn't bother complying, a maze of foreign assets and volunteers in multiple jurisdictions (Switzerland, Spain, Germany, USA, Sweden) with nothing centralised or top of hierarchy to target.
   
2. a less legal way, a no name band of volunteers and a very fluid infrastructure, all hosted who knows where... Similar to private torrent trackers, etc.
   
3. Continue the way we were, but do all the compliance and legal work probono or at a discount, seek insurance for the risk, set up a UK company to limit liability, etc... but this doesn't feel as ideal given that it constructs a more fragile target as now too much is in the UK (more than is actually in the UK today).
   
   

In the first two scenarios I'd give up all control but might be an advisor. In the last scenario, unless someone else wants to take the risk I'll be doubling down, it's possible but feels least desirable.