Technology Giveth, Technology Taketh Away
Their fear is that the lack of widespread, mandatory DRM (digital rights management) systems will stop content conglomerates from making money each time a new copy of a song or movie springs into existence.

But if the technology and content landscape envisioned in Hollings' proposed Security Systems Standards and Certification Act came to be, corporate film and music titans would control the sorts of computer gear that consumers are allowed to own, and we'd be awash in digital entertainment options. It would be Britney Spears video outtakes on demand, all the Bruce Willis we could ever ask for, and all it'd cost us would be our computers (as we know them) and our fair use rights.
http://www.eweek.com/article/0,3658,s=702&a=24033,00.asp