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Swedish company Tankafritt offers insurance against file sharing law suits damages and intends to expand to other Scandinavian countries.

Magnus Brath, the owner of the company, found it in reaction to the recent copyright infringement cases in Sweden. He also thinks he could develop his business in countries like Norway and Denmark where there are similar laws on file-sharing.

His company is a small one operating on membership basis. For about 15 euro/year the members are covered in case RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) asks for damages for copyright infringement..

According to Slyck.com, the probability of being sued by RIAA is 1:1,840, a ration that is lower than that of dying from external causes which is 1:1,755, according to the US National Safety Council. Considering these figures, the Tankafritt operation has all the chances of being a success.

While in UK such a system would not be considered legal as states the Association of British Insurers, in Sweden, where there is a political party for the relaxation of the intellectual property controls, the cause of file sharers is very much supported.

A large controversy has been created recently by a raid on servers hosting the Pirate Bay site as the raid has apparently put some legal business offline as well.

File sharing damages insurer plans international expansion (3.07.2006)
http://www.theregister.com/2006/07/03/filesharing_damages_insurer/

P2P insurer will pay your fines if RIAA sues: $19/year! (28.06.2006)
http://www.boingboing.net/2006/06/28/p2p_insurer_will_pay.html

RIAA's Grand Total: 10,037 - What are Your Odds? (2.05.2006)
http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=769

EDRI-gram : Swedish torrent website Pirate Bay returns back home (21.06.2006)
http://www.edri.org/edrigram/number4.12/piratebay