This is one of those multinational efforts at control.
The European Union, the United States and Canada are involved.
Called the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), as the article states, the purpose is to form a coalition against copyright infringement.
Nothing wrong with that, but the article suggests draconian actions could be taken against individuals; a 'regulator,' could request border guards and entry point customs inspectors, who would have no idea of a person's criminal intent except in the most obvious cases (such as writing on a cd or program, etc. saying "this is an illegal copy, confiscate it, and call the RCMP").

Now if the EU enacted the agreement, one could not carry verboten material into the EU, similarly, if the U. S. or Canada or both
enacted the agreement, one could lose their laptop or whatever by crossing the border in either direction.

I will also be interested in hearing the SOCAN response.