Senator Orrin Hatch has just introduced a bill into the US Senate which would criminalize any product or service that "intentionally aids [or] abets" copyright infringement. The bill is directed against P2P download services, but the language is so broad that it could easily be interpreted to outlaw iPods, CD burners, and even VCRs. That worst case scenario is unlikely to happen. But the bill almost certainly will be used by copyright holders to stifle or gain control over any new media technologies.
So whether you are a liberal, concerned about the ever-increasing power of large corporations, or a convservative, concerned about the dampening effects of federal regulation on innovation and progress, there is something in this legislation to offend you.
The bill has a lot of support in the Senate; it is sponsored by Orrin Hatch (chairman of the Judiciary Committee), and co-sponsored by Patrick Leahy (ranking Democrat on the committee) and by the majority leaders of both parties. That means that if you want to defeat it, you have to make your voice heard.
Here is the text of the bill: http://www.lessig.org/blog/archives/COE04694_LC.pdf
And here is the EFF's action center for it: http://action.eff.org/action/index.asp?step=2&item=2918