Isle of Man proposes unlimited music downloads.

(From Guardian Unlimited)

Visitors may soon travel to the Isle of Man not just for low tax rates, "spuds and herrin", or to gape at the Bee Gees' birthplace -- they may go to download music. The island's government has announced plans to introduce a compulsory music licence, allowing unlimited legal music downloads.

Speaking at the MidemNet conference in Cannes, the Manx inward investment minister explained that the island has achieved 100% broadband penetration and now seeks that its citizens be able to download music with impunity -- under an island-wide blanket licence.

"At the end of the day, we're not going to stop piracy," Ron Berry said. …