just how crap is the CBPDTA/SSSCA? even the anti-piracy goonsquad at the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) hate it.

the SIIA (and its evil doppelganger the Business Software Alliance) is no stranger to piracy agitprop -- they even have a piracy snitchline for cybergrasses -- but the spectre of Big Content's paid-for government sock-puppets regulating product design was apparently too much:

The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) and its predecessor organizations have been fighting digital piracy longer than any other trade association in the world. During the 16 years we have combated digital piracy we have gained invaluable experience as to what anti-piracy policies are effective and what level and type of Government involvement is appropriate and necessary. Based on our years of experience in this area, we believe that S. 2048, the "Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act," is bad policy and establishes unwarranted and intrusive level of Government regulation into the development of technology.

(via Politech)