According to EFF, "the RIAA and MPAA want to betray that legacy (of fair use) by passing laws that will regulate new technologies in advance and freeze fair use forever. If it wasn't a "customary historic use," federal regulators will be empowered to ban the feature, prohibiting innovators from offering it. If the feature is banned, courts will never have an opportunity to pass on whether the activity is a fair use."
According to Ars Technica, a technology news site, "Big Content would like to outlaw things no one has even thought of yet".
The new legislation, being circulated by Senator Gordon Smith (R-Ore.), is intended to create a "broadcast flag" on all future digital TVs and radios that would limit user's ability to make copies, time-shift or move content to other devices.
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