This is a huge problem, because it's another example of turning a wide swath of humanity into criminals for doing relatively normal things that should be allowe

This is a huge problem, because it's another example of turning a wide swath of humanity into criminals for doing relatively normal things that should be allowed. Of course they won't be able to enforce this most of the time. But if you end up in their sights for any reason, they may then notice you using a VPN and use that information to legally blackmail you. Usually this goes with making the punishment very harsh: A stolen MP3 on your hard drive? 20-to-life unless you take a plea bargain down to 2 years and turn in 3 friends as well. Same deal now with VPNs.