said by envoid :

...the whole idea of nestling unpopular bills with popular ones should be banned and illegal. It misrepresents policies and could easily include worse legislature.

The Broadcast Flag says that if you want to build a device that can receive, pass along, or record a digital TV signal, you'll need to show that it won't disrupt the current entertainment company business. That's a test that the remote control, the VCR, the capture card, and the PVR all would have failed.