Legislative Evilness

I remember reading about the "Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act" several months ago, although it was known as the "Security Systems Standards and Certification Act" back then. This post on Happy Fun Pundit has reminded me that this odious bill still needs to be defeated. This bill would make a criminal out of anyone who wants to copy digital media for their own use. All digital media would require encryption. Any currently existing hardware or software would be unable to access this encrypted digital media. New hardware and software would be needed to access the encrypted data. Read Happy Fun Pundit's post and then visit Help Stop the CBDTPA and Stop Policeware for more information on this bill. Then sign this petition (as I did a few months ago). Contacting your Senators and Representative isn't a bad idea either. Who knows...they may actually listen.