All the laws about things that tend to be only well-understood by the younger half of the population tend to be written by representatives from the older half.

All the laws about things that tend to be only well-understood by the younger half of the population tend to be written by representatives from the older half. I'm sure there are politicians who don't know how to check their own e-mail, but who have strong opinions on DMCA-esque legislation because they think piracy === theft and overbearing laws like the DMCA are the only way to prevent theft 2.0. You have to be immersed in technology to understand the nuanced implications of technology law, and most of our representatives have not spent their lives immersed in technology like most of us have.