The problem is that Senator Dick really does believe that this law will be narrowly and judiciously applied to solve just the specific problem of pirated movies/music and neatly solve a big problem for an even bigger campaign contributor.<p>There is just no practical way for a domain expert to make the potential for unintended consequences of this stuff fit in his mind.<p>It's narrow "single purpose" legislation that seems to cause the most long-term problems.
It's funny. I just got a response from Diane Feinstein a couple of days ago too. Apparently, whoever wrote their replies decided to do a batch job? In any case, here's her response to me: <a href="http://pastebin.com/LzCB2KMs" rel="nofollow">http://pastebin.com/LzCB2KMs</a>