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Originally Posted by HarryT
that provision, which requires additional legislation, will ONLY come into force if the initial measures permitted by the act fail to result in a stipulated reduction in the amount of piracy.
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We both know that's a foregone conclusion. Given the fact that piracy actually increased in France when a similar law was passed, do you really think it is likely to result in the expected reduction here? Even the people who use unauthorised downloads as a sort of trialware to decide what to buy won't be put off until there are some casualties. File collectors and freeloaders won't be put off even then, they will just move back underground.
What sort of measurement are they going to use to tell if it reduces anyway? Wait for entertainment industry profits and see if they increase by £12billion in the first year?