My last question involves a concern I have with this legislation. I've been approached by many people who ask why I'm worrying about the digital locks and whether I really think the government's going to go into people's homes and check the fact that they're going to make backups. As well, people say that if they are told they can't access something, they're going to access it anyway. The reality is that the vast majority of consumers will simply ignore it.
My concern here is that for copyright to succeed, there has to be a public belief in the legitimacy of copyright. We have to respect copyright. If you put something in law that isn't going to be enforceable, then people believe that copyright is not enforceable, so they tend to ignore it. Consumers will ignore the provision, but educational institutions and research institutions won't. I'm worried--and I'd like to hear your opinion--about the effect on research. A digital lock in place against reverse engineering, for example, can make it illegal to study or do development. We've already seen much concern out of the U.S. in terms of research institutes basically having to have legal people on staff to deal with this issue.