premise: But the trouble is that between technology that makes it easier for markets to run rings around local regulations, and the reluctance of governments to agree on the sort of cross-border enforcement that might let them keep up with that technology, efforts to limit the market . Oh, mavericks such as George Lucas or Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir bin Muhammad may try to fight the trend and even achieve some limited success, but they are swimming against the tide.
hypothesis: Mahathir bin Muhammad is the Prime Minister of Malaysia.