That game's gotta be good!

No kidding. This has annoyed me for years. I bought Battlefield: Bad Company for my PS3 only to find out the game didn't have an option for southpaw mode...nor does Oblivion, or inFamous, or Bioshock. I finally modded an old sixaxis to use the opposite stick's input...now if I could only figure out how to swap out the action buttons and the d-pad.

I can relate to that. Even though I consider myself a hardcore gamer, I really only enjoy putting in massive amounts of work in certain games (e.g. Super Stardust HD). When I play a game I'm looking for one of two things depending on my mood; when I'm worn out after a long day at work and I just want to relax, I'll throw in Burnout Paradise and just drive fast, but on weekends when I have more time, I will spend hours playing Killzone 2 or trying to get 100% on Metroid Prime 3. Of course, the game still has to be fun. If a game isn't fun it doesn't matter how hard or easy it is, I'm not going to play it. That's why I think that having a "demo mode" is a good idea (at least for Nintendo) because if you want to experience the challenge (if that's what makes the game fun for you) then you can. On the other hand, if you just want to relax and enjoy the game world you can do that as well.

I'm not sure I agree with your example. Starting to download something is more akin to seeing a pile of money on a table picking it up and starting to walk out of the room only to discover that it is government property and putting it back. If a government official walks into the room right after you start to walk out with the money he can make a pretty good case that you were attempting to steal it. Like they say, "ignorance of the law is no excuse".

I'm not saying that I agree with the proposed law but if it is put into effect you had better find out if something is under copyright before you start downloading it.