Yes, but it's a step to put in place the technology and legal framework to casually snoop on the entire population. I don't feel this is about piracy in the long run, but about our governments fear that control of the internet - increasingly so important to the general populace - is running away from them. They have appeared equally desperate in trying to force the big players (Google, Facebook etc) to provide access to social information. The temptation is just too great.