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Isle of Man Proposes Unlimited P2P for 1 Euro a Month

By soulxtc

Says country is a perfect place to test out a blanket file-sharing tax scheme. Music fans and record labels have long fought over the rights and wrongs of file-sharing, but now an island tax haven in the Irish Sea says it has come up with a way to keep the peace. The Isle of Man's e-business adviser Ron Berry said Tuesday that the self-governing territory between England and Ireland is considering charging its residents, who all have broadband connections, about a euro (dollar) a month to legalize file-sharing for personal use. Although industry groups expressed skepticism, Berry said the plan was a way of replacing piracy with principle. "Anybody can go on to the Internet and access anything," he said.

Full post as published by ZeroPaid on January 22, 2009 (boomark / email).