Swedish P2P insurer will pay your fines if RIAA sues: $19/year!

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Posted by	Dan Bell
Posted on	29/06/06 19:44
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Swedish P2P insurer will pay your fines if RIAA sues: $19/year!

RTV71 used our news submit to tell us about this! I guess it is pretty darn clever, as the odds of getting busted are slim. However, for 19 dollars a year, this brings a nice piece of mind. What a brilliant idea, wish I had thought of it. You can check out the article at it's source, by visiting Boing Boing.

David sez, "Apparently, a company in Sweden is offering file-sharing insurance - they"ll pay your fines if you"re sued by the RIAA. The /. submitter translates the link as follows: "For a mere 140 SEK ($19 USD) per year, they will pay all your fines and give you a t-shirt if you get convicted for file sharing.""

Source: Boing Boing

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Posted by farmeunit on Thursday 29 June 2006 19:57

I just wish I could read it

Posted by Lawman on Thursday 29 June 2006 19:58

Until they also offer to send someone to do your Bird (time) if sent to prison as well as fine, then I'm not interested in their insurance..

besides they will most probably have something in the small print, to get out of paying..:

Posted by neo1918 on Thursday 29 June 2006 20:10

I wish something like this were available in the USA.

Posted by freonchill on Thursday 29 June 2006 21:22

they might pay your fines, but you still get to go to "prison" in the states and get your "pound me in the a$$" payments paid by your hrm, well, a$$...

sorry, office space made me say it.

Posted by johnhamler on Thursday 29 June 2006 21:33

no, it s a good deal, realy good.
they wont send u to jail for downloading.
it is not like kiiling of "shoplifting", and they dont send you to jail for first offense.

i will pay these 19 euro to cover my ass...

Posted by Crabbyappleton on Thursday 29 June 2006 21:50

I wonder if they write on the t-shirt:

I got busted for filesharing ...and all I got was this lousy T-shirt.

Posted by shuma02 on Thursday 29 June 2006 21:59

Wait, so if caught you don't get to go to a minimum security resort?

Posted by JimPBish on Friday 30 June 2006 07:59

I wonder if they plan to offer premium cover where, instead of paying the settlement, they pay you to fight the bastards in court.

_That_ would be worth paying a little extra for.

Posted by bcn_246 on Friday 30 June 2006 11:53

Would "crime insurance" be legal for other fine-only crimes such as speeding, for example pay extra on your car insurance and they will pay your speeding tickets.

Posted by Hypnosis4U2NV on Friday 30 June 2006 16:42

I get a free T-Shirt when Im convicted and sent to jail??

Cool! Where do I sign up!?

Posted by debro on Saturday 01 July 2006 11:41

[quote=CrabbyAppleton]
I wonder if they write on the t-shirt:

I got busted for filesharing ...and all I got was this lousy T-shirt.

With a huge "

" on the back

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