The problem with enforcing controls on the web is that even if they are well-meaning and protect copyright holders in the short term, they do untold damage in t

The problem with enforcing controls on the web is that even if they are well-meaning and protect copyright holders in the short term, they do untold damage in the long term that can't be estimated or anticipated ahead of time (the butterfly effect - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly_effect http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly_effect). Do you think if the internet was 100% government regulated or by a company (e.g. AOL) from day one, that is would have grown and developed as quickly and as well as it has? Or that the many opportunities for creating a web-based business would exist? Of course they wouldn't, because they would have been stifled by well-meaning legislation. The cost and bureaucracy to startups would increase massively. Piracy isn't nice, but it is the price to pay for an open and independent global network. (/rant)