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You know, if they actually did manage to get this kind of spyware running, I'd be in some serious trouble.
Not the kind of trouble you think, however.
I have a whole database of eBooks that I never purchased. I own the copyright because I wrote them, but the exact same files have popped up on download sites that are widely used for piracy because someone purchased then shared the books.
Just imagine if some anti-piracy organization added those files to their list because they were spotted on piracy sites. Do any of us actually think that they'd be smart enough to add some kind of differentiation mechanism into their software so my copies weren't wiped out? I didn't buy them, after all.
These people are generally backwards thinking politicians, and the software they develop will only be as smart as the ideas they concoct and the programmers they hire. Those programmers will probably not exceed the mandate of their job either, so we can expect the software to be just as clever* as the politicians and industry suits who commission it.
The incompetence is more frightening than the arm of the law here, I'm thinking...
* I use the term "clever" with deep sarcasm
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