I read the Agora board but never reply until now. On the subject of IP, it’s not only the United States that has IP Bills or agreements on the table. Check out the WIPO, World Intellectual Property Organization. Stratfor just had a great article about IP and what the WIPO is working on at Stratfor . com
Also look at WIPO’s web page and read about the Fourth Session of the Provisional Committee Development Agenda, (PCDA) on related proposals to the WIPO.
To me it looks like the world is moving toward socialism. IMHO