Hasn't this been tried before? Something Awful is filled with trolls, and posting privileges are already behind a paywall.

I think a problem here (among a hundred more) is that, are ISPs really going to be seeing if the material being downloaded over P2P networks are really copyrighted materials? Or does this just mean, you get six strikes of P2P traffic? If I use BT to download a Linux distro, or something similiar that is not under copyright, am I going to have to pay the $35 to defend myself? What about WoW patches? Those are distributed via P2P with a HTTP backend, no?

Statue of Limitations for retroactive taxes in California may be 5 years? That's two more year's than the IRS' statue of limitations of retroactive taxing though.

C'mon, really?

Surreal: Adjective
Having the qualities of surrealism; bizarre: "a surreal mix of fact and fantasy".

The second definition fits perfectly.