enforce this would be ridiculous considering the very tiny (if any) gain. The courts would have to prove that the IP was being used by the owner of the connection, which is incredibly difficult considering insecure networks, IP Spoofing, unreliable sources of data, and so on. This would cost a fortune. Wait, what am I thinking? The government will give some group the authority to be judge, jury and executioner without any kind of appeal or ability to defend yourself or even question the system. If they think you're guilty then that's it! Bye bye internet connection. And how would they ascertain that the content being uploaded is illegal? Connect to a user's computer and download it from them? If that's the case then perhaps it would never have been uploaded if the authority hadn't downloaded it. The government is treating this as a black and white issue with a simple answer, which is really quite scary. This topic is so far from black and white that it's a big fat grey-brown splodge . By 'get' I take it you mean 'understand'. And you are a BBC journalist?! Don't try and be cool with hip phrases when you are old enough to be my father Mr. Jones. Now, as for the substantive point: If I went into HMV and was caught stealing a DVD or CD I would be prosecuted, and rightly so. How is internet file sharing any different? Answer: it isn't. And every single poster so far on