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A point which I would like to make is that the law itself is brought into contempt by ridiculous and unworkable laws which are born of a lack of understanding by Politicians (or possibly cynical politicians wishing to appear to be doing something whilst knowing damn well it is fruitless). The technology at the moment is beyond the effective control of governments, and they hate it. Some of the legislation being proposed brings to mind Gandhi's salt march, or King Canute issuing commands to the tide. And the price for attempting such legislation is paid in loss of freedoms and privacy.
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France has strong anti- copyright regime and it is working quite well, by most reports. Britain has recently passed similar legislation. Like it or not, the rule of law is coming to the Internet.