The Isle of Man can introduce a monthly fee for using torrents.

The Isle of Man - a small island of land between England and Ireland with a population of only 78,000 people can be the first place on the planet, where a monthly payment for using torrent trackers and other file sharing between users will be introduced. Now the administration of the island is considering an idea that in the future may give rise to a deep breath of the entire music industry.



Ron Berry, an adviser to the administration on electronic business, introduced the idea of ​​a monthly tax, paying that every resident can safely use any file-sharing networks and sites. The most remarkable thing is that unlike most similar initiatives of other countries, the Isle of Man administration adequately calculates the capabilities and desires of users, and therefore it is proposed to set the tax in a symbolic amount for an average Englishman - € 1 per month.

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However, this step was perceived with a lack of understanding on the part of representatives of the music industry. The British Phonographic Industry ( BPI ) issued a statement saying: “The file-sharing tax related to the broadband access tax is not something that we would take with joy and, to some extent, is an obvious twist on the stick.” IFPI (international association of representatives of the music industry), in turn, notes that if such a law can be used on a small island, it is unlikely to work for other regions of the Earth.



However, Mr. Berry, as well as the technically advanced population of the island, see in this initiative a bright future - and in fact, why be nervous and afraid of persecution from the RIAA / IFPI, if you can enter a monthly tax, which will be given to the same IFPI, and Easy to use file sharing networks?



One way or another - even critics point out the fact that testing such a tax on the Isle of Man can be a real panacea in the future. People using P2P networks and file-sharing sites are unlikely to give up a purely symbolic tax, which will allow you to “sleep well”. Ron Berry also notes the fact that no other human rights organization has any better alternatives now, and even if the IFPI refuses to support such an undertaking, the tax can still be introduced and the money collected will be accumulated on the account Bank until the music / film industry wants to participate.



via Associated Press