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Yes, I said enough money for good hardware but not for software.
Why nobody uses Iphone, Xbox, Playstation, Gamecube in Poland? Because it is hard to jailbreak and pirate.
I know someone who bought Mac from UK. Disk wasn't erased, there were hundreds of mp3s in Itunes and some apps. And we all thought it is a computer from an abosolutely crazy richman.
Protests are big in Poland because they are very poor and 90% of people downloads everything from the Internet. Deleting Pirate Bay, Rapidshare. Youtube and Megaupload would stop most people from accessing any cultural goods: music, films, software.
Unlike India etc, average Pole has enough money for good PC or notebook and good internet connection, but not yet enough to pay for software.
Nobody uses Steam or Itunes, paying for software is just laughable. Except for businesses - they must be legal.
> The wealthiest countries in the world have large governments
The largest governments: Soviet Union, Third Reich, North Korea, etc.
Check the biggest web portal: http://www.onet.pl/. The top (bold) news item is about ACTA, and there also is a featured "10 things you need to know about ACTA" article on main page. Same in all TV and radio.