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Speaking as a brazilian resident, the law will not be enforced. No such laws are ever enforced here. Everybody openly pirates everything, people sell retro gaming systems preloaded with thousands of ROMs openly online and in physical shops, and the government doesn't even have 1% of the surveillance infrastructure needed to make enforcement attractive. The law is just electoral posturing and lip service to please evangelical idiots... but I repeat myself.
Remember what the maintainer of The Pirate Bay once said?
Never be too certain something won't be enforced, as the power of capitalists are far worse than the public can imagine.
Maybe I'm too pessimistic, but this may just be the start. Big corps may find their way to control every aspect, step by step.
You're right to give that warning, but Brazil isn't a surveillance state like China or the USA. Our demons are different.
Of course, that could change in the future so a law like this shouldn't stand regardless.