This article presents itself as a satire of the proposed Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act (CBDTPA, which began life as a draft bill intended to be presented to the U.S. Congress called the Security Systems Standards and Certification Act (SSSCA)). It is intended to protect the copyrights owned by television, film and other content publishers. About half way down the article comes the insightful part: "The CBDTPA takes the form of legislation that bans the ability to commit a negative behavior. Unfortunately for the CBDTPA, this is an invalid form. No matter what negative behavior you fill the blank in with, the law is equally nonsensical, and impossible to enforce."
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