People are always going to find ways of circumventing such laws. If this does come into place, it's not going to boost CD sales atall, if anything it'll make them drop.
I do confess that I used to download music back when I first got internet (even though it took forever on dial-up :P), but if anything that actually sparked my interest into many of the groups I listen to and buy CDs of today.
If it wasnt for someone say, sending me a Kraftwerk song via MSN, then I would never have gotten into them, and spent money on their collectors edition 'laptop' album. (Which is fricken awesome
)
Its the same old story. Trying to remove a splinter with a chainsaw.