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This looks like a scam. But man could you imagine the possibilities if it weren't.... tax evasion insurance, speeders insurance, the list goes on and on... ]]>Jul 3rd 2006 2:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/03/swedish-site-offering-insurance-to-content-pirates/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/03/swedish-site-offering-insurance-to-content-pirates/
1. You pay a monthly fee to them.
2. Noone has yet went to prison for filesharing in sweden so if you'd get sentenced you would have to pay a certain fee. And instead of you having to pay this fee they pay it for you.

So this isn't actually a insurance and it isn't the first of it's kind here in sweden either. We already have one for those who ride buses, subways, trains without paying.]]>Jul 3rd 2006 2:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/03/swedish-site-offering-insurance-to-content-pirates/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/03/swedish-site-offering-insurance-to-content-pirates/Jul 3rd 2006 2:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/03/swedish-site-offering-insurance-to-content-pirates/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/03/swedish-site-offering-insurance-to-content-pirates/Jul 3rd 2006 2:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/03/swedish-site-offering-insurance-to-content-pirates/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/03/swedish-site-offering-insurance-to-content-pirates/
#5 $19 a year it is. :)]]>Jul 3rd 2006 3:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/03/swedish-site-offering-insurance-to-content-pirates/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/03/swedish-site-offering-insurance-to-content-pirates/
And my god, if this was available in the US I'd be on it in a heartbeat. That's cheap insurance against the mob of people who are criminally abusing the legal system - aka the RIAA.]]>Jul 3rd 2006 3:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/03/swedish-site-offering-insurance-to-content-pirates/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/03/swedish-site-offering-insurance-to-content-pirates/
So the takeaway from this story is: If you want to illegally share files (or hop turnstiles), do it in Sweden.]]>Jul 3rd 2006 3:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/03/swedish-site-offering-insurance-to-content-pirates/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/03/swedish-site-offering-insurance-to-content-pirates/Jul 3rd 2006 4:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/03/swedish-site-offering-insurance-to-content-pirates/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/03/swedish-site-offering-insurance-to-content-pirates/Jul 3rd 2006 4:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/03/swedish-site-offering-insurance-to-content-pirates/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/03/swedish-site-offering-insurance-to-content-pirates/Jul 4th 2006 12:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/03/swedish-site-offering-insurance-to-content-pirates/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/03/swedish-site-offering-insurance-to-content-pirates/Jul 4th 2006 12:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/03/swedish-site-offering-insurance-to-content-pirates/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/03/swedish-site-offering-insurance-to-content-pirates/
2: It's normal for doctors to have malpractice insurance. Does that mean they're all quacks?
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The right approach is to use data encryption to store the files. At least it doesn't openly tell you that the encrypted files can be illegal. Besides, if you use some flavor of encryption software, you can use it for other purposes, like protecting your intellectual property (note: presence of intellect is required), protecting your privacy, old love-letters, and so on.

I don't know whether this news is bogus or not, but if I were a politician in Sweden, I would do my best to outlaw the company that provides this service.

And finally, one has to be careful when choosing the encryption application. The one I recommend is Private Disk, it is known not to have any backdoors; here you can find more details:
http://www.dekart.com/products/encryption/private_disk/
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I dislike people like you. Why would you submit yourself to the system? You are supposed to control the law, not the other way around. That's what democracy is about. There are people -- lots of people -- in Sweden and America that are against Intellectual Property law. In Sweden there is a political movement specifically united against just that.

I love Sweden. You bring me Machinae Supremacy, Pirate Parties, and Piracy Insurance. Oh, and The Pirate Bay.

First Napster, then Suprnova, now TPB. Bastards are fighting a losing fight, but they are sure are going down swingin.]]>Jul 5th 2006 5:39AM