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Every legislative and normative proposal recapitulates the worst mistakes of the spamfight: from Viacom's demand that Google automatically detect copyright-infringing videos while they're being uploaded; to the three-accusations-and-you're-offline proposal from the BPI; to the notion in the G8's Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement of turning copyright holders into judge, jury and executioner for what content can travel online and who can see it.

I think we should permanently cut off the internet access of any company that sends out three erroneous copyright notices. Three strikes and you're out, mate.

So, you build on a BY-NC work and register your copyright. You license your new work also BY-NC. Someone violates the copyright on your work. You sue. You are entitled to statutory damages right? You collect. Are you now guiilty of violating the NC licneses of the works yours built upon?

Video from the Swiss TV news where the IFPI.ch spokesperson announces that they will ask ISP's to cut the connection of people using P2P for copyrighted works

Durant sa phase de démarrage, l'action « Game Over » s'adresse aux pirates diffusant de nombreux fichiers musicaux sur Internet. Vez: «Il s'agit principalement de personnes adultes et exerçant une activité professionnelle, donc de personnes capables de payer pour leur musique et non de quelques enfants. Ces adultes volent de la musique parce qu'ils espèrent qu'on ne les traquera pas. Mais ceci est différent dès aujourd'hui.»

"Legislators around the world are demanding more information on the secret Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. French Deputy Nicolas Dupont-Aignan raised ACTA questions in the National Assembly late last year, expressing concerns about a global three-strikes and you're out approach, increased costs for medicines, and the lack of transparency associated with the process."