ISPs VS MPAA / Internet as a goverment service

[MetalMilitia]

People really need to stop being so stupid about the internet and start appreciating it's not something which can be policed in any reasonable way.
The only way I can see them being able to apply laws universally across the Internet is if they come up with an international agreement whereby all countries must agree on a set of rules which they will all enforce... which would never happen.

Another example of stupidity on the 'net is how France have just introduced new laws making it illegal to run pro-anorexia websites (who knew they even existed). The first problem with this which is immediately apparent is that probably only a tiny, insignificant fraction of such sites are hosted in France, so what are they going to do? Put up great firewall of China to block them all? Good luck with that.