Criminalizing the Fast Forward Button
Wow, the concept of fair use is sure taking a beating. Politicians are sure carrying a lot of water lately for media companies. Check out this article at Incite. This is not that far-fetched. A couple of years ago, ReplayTV added a jump ahead 30 seconds button on their machine that would instantly skip a standard commercial. TIVO, the industry leader, has held off matching this function due to industry pressure.
By the way, I don't know if it works but this is posted as a hack to get a 30 second skip on TIVO machines. (more here and lots more sites via google search)
