i don't see an "active python 3.2" i see "3.1" and "Many 3rd-party modules and extensions that you may depend upon may not yet be available for Python 3. As a result you may want to continue to use Python 2 for the time being". and i depend on some 3rd party modules.
no i really think it's something like: string = string.decode('latin_1').endocde('utf8') or something. i just don't know what's expected. i've tried various flavors but can't figure it out. it's very easy to test it yourself, just make a file with the section symbol in it, then try to copy it with python 2.7.1 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list