Again, I ask you: did anyone read the article?
Both Democrats and Republicans voted against this bill. So this was, tongue in cheek, a bipartisan effort against liberty. For what it's worth, Democrat Mark Udall seems to have opposed it because it doesn't do enough, which can be a frustrating, yet respectable position.
But the days when at least every other Slashdot headline and summary actually reflected what was contained in the article are gone. So you TL;DR types dominate the discussion with nonsense partisanship that is not based on fact. And that fact is that, as usual, the schmucks in charge value their power over liberty and do not serve us.
With the advent of technology, anyone can sing or play any instrument like a pro.
Sure, if all that mattered in music was plucking, blowing, or bowing. There's this small matter of the theory of music. You know, harmony, style, tonality... little things like that.
Are you too much of an uncommunicative egoist to give a simple response like the other person?
Get over yourself.
"Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelt of elderberrys!" -- Monty Python and the Holy Grail