[noonespecial]

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.

There is just no practical way for a domain expert to make the potential for unintended consequences of this stuff fit in his mind.

It's narrow "single purpose" legislation that seems to cause the most long-term problems.