I really hope that we do wake up. A cynical view might be that we'll instead force everybody else to adopt our draconian ip laws (we're trying really hard at least), in which case this exact scenario will depressingly become a non-issue.

Speaking of waking up, having three emergency vehicles truck by your window at 2 am with sirens blazing is a really unpleasant way to wake up. At least I got to see this interesting topic :)