When is a computer not a computer ?
Under the guise of 'preserving America's intellectual capital' and supported by the funding of the entertainment industry cartels, the US is seeking to sustain the entertainment industry's Industrial Age business model (and monopolies) in the modern Information Age - where such models are rendered obsolete by emerging technology. By doing so, the elected puppets of Hollywood will continue earning campaign contributions and ensure their job security.
And, like the lap dogs our government is, we'll get the same law over here (or, at least, people will be extridated without evidence or trial )[1].
Update 2 May :Look - an EU version !