what will happen this year

[Leanne]

Of course the whole thing is absurd, as copyright (which everyone seems to forget) only applied to someone making money from the product. E.g., you can show a movie to all your friends for free without copyright violation, unless you are charging them 5 quid a head to come in. It never was applied to copying or even distribution if not money was involved. So this is about a whole new application of copyright law, onethat did not even exist until recently.

Exactly. The only legal recourse you have for copyright breach is to demand compensation based on the income derived from said breach -- if the income is zero, there's no harm or foul. It would be very interesting to hear what the World Court would think of any lawsuits arising from this legislation.