Paying farmers in Mato Grosso to reduce deforestation but doing nothing for farmers in the neighboring state of Amazonas would merely shiftillegal logging from one place to the other.
For its part, the BPI has said that it would oppose any service that heavily relied on copyright infringement, but would be willing to help sites shift away from "illegal downloading".
Proposals were advanced to shift from deterring the Soviets to combating illegal drug use, underwriting student exchanges, and promoting environmental protection.