Good idea, perhaps not entirely thought through, and dubiously implemented.
But like I say, I support the initial idea, banning people who pirate from the internet is a pretty basic blunt force way to deal with it, a lot like putting people in prison is a pretty blunt force way to deal with any other number of crimes, and it's served us for millenia.
Maybe this is indeed the new way forward, with so much being online. I remember reading Neuromancer for Sci-Fi earlier this year and the punishment for the main hacker, who basically pirated things and hacked systems, was to be disconnected from the internet.
But the implementation does bother me. I have to say though, if you're going to oppose this bill, oppose it because of the suspect use, not because 'it's anti-piracy.'
You do know that despite all arguments to the latter, piracy is still illegal (in most places yadda yadda yadda)? When you pirate, you commit a crime, and are a criminal, automatically. Until the debate is finished on whether or not morally piracy is etc etc don't want to get into it, you have to accept the consequences of your actions.
Por exemplar:
You can argue that murder is just population redistribution, but until the rest of society and the government agrees with you, you go to prison if you kill someone. (And I know this metaphor is way out of proportion, I am not implying that piracy is murder I just wanted to use the phrase 'population redistribution' to describe murder, you should however get the gist.)
