It is actually impressive how copyright holders are able to influence politicians to draft bad laws. The UK's Digital Economy bill is a great example. If this thing passes as is, ISPs would be required to forward notices of infringement to their customers and retain an anonymous list of the customers that received notices.
But it gets better! The rights holders can demand to see the list at any time and use it to get a court order that will reveal the actual customer information. Now isn't the the most perfect setup you've ever seen. Lets declare open season on suing a lot of Britons for non-commercial infringement.
While the bill is a long way for becoming law, the fact that it got drafted in the first place is far more worrisome and even a little terrifying. This Ars Technica artical looks the bill in more depth.
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