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It's a good post, but shitty clickbait headline. I'm not in the US, so will take their word for it on the details.
Good intentions, it seems, but classic thin-end-of-the-wedge territory. IP holders must be rubbing their hands with glee.
As with the US DMCA, I can easily see this DRM expanding to include patterns and blueprints of patented items so "Blocked: This file's characteristics seem to match a patent/IP owned by Ford" (or Apple, Hasbro, John Deere, etc) will almost certainly follow quickly.
And as with the UK Child Safety Act, even poorly written, unfit for purpose laws can expand rapidly. It went from "age verification on adult sites" to "...and all VPNs" in mere months, and is heading to "age verify everything!" if they get their way.