Good news for all you peer-to-peer rebels out there. All you counter-culture, "Apple won't get a dime from me," "Digital content belongs to everyone," damn-the-Man revolutionaries who still, even after the RIAA, the MPAA, the U.S. government and even Lars Ulrich from Metallica has come after you, who still feel compelled to illegally download and share files on the Internet can now breathe easy. Why? Because now you can buy P2P insurance, according to this story from BoingBoing.

For $19 per year the insurance will settle any lawsuits with the RIAA for you, and even give you a T-shirt if you get sued. If it's on the up and up, as BoingBoing said, the business model probably makes sense. Of course, before all you pirates out there rush to sign up, you may want to make sure this isn't just a Web site set up by the RIAA to collect pirate names. — Brian Ward

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