Well, it's broken and there are people getting lots of money due to the fact that it's broken.
Almost certainly the creation of the standard was not malicious, and almost certainly it currently gets support of people acting with malice. But I don't have anybody to point a finger at, even the most logical suspects aren't overtly trying to keep it broken.
Can you elaborate? I've heard a lot of people say it's broken or badly designed, but not that it's malicious or intentionally broken.