I suspect that it is just a case of a story which traveled around and was misunderstood at several steps along the way. A more likely scenario is that they plan on establishing a multinational copyright policing agreement so that it is easier for feds here to request that feds in another country arrest an individual. In the event of such an arrest, they would then confiscate your electronics in an effort to capture the evidence, as they do today in all such cases. Whether or not they are required to provide a solid enough case before taking such action is the great debate. We can only hope so. Save us EFF, you're our only hope!
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