I sent your comment to some of my Polish friends. They will adore your description of Poland as a "European beachhead of sanity", especially given the content a

I sent your comment to some of my Polish friends. They will adore your description of Poland as a "European beachhead of sanity", especially given the content and character of the new government. But I think this law was put in motion by the old government. As the article says: "Extensive consultations on the new copyright law began more than three and a half years ago when Mr. Donald Tusk, then Prime Minister of Poland, promised to raise a debate on digital freedoms after street protests against the doomed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) erupted across Poland."