Hatch Takes Aim at Illegal Downloading

[Vincent A. Maeder]

Also amounting to an improper taking without due process.  Hatch is a
hack for all his legal experience.  Only an idiot lawyer would attempt
to offer such a solution.
V.
 
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Hatch Takes Aim at Illegal Downloading

By TED BRIDIS
WASHINGTON - The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said Tuesday
he favors developing new technology to remotely destroy the computers of
people who illegally download music from the Internet.

The surprise remarks by Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, during a hearing on
copyright abuses represent a dramatic escalation in the frustrating
battle by industry executives and lawmakers in Washington against
illegal music downloads.

During a discussion on methods to frustrate computer users who illegally
exchange music and movie files over the Internet, Hatch asked technology
executives about ways to damage computers involved in such file trading.
Legal experts have said any such attack would violate federal
anti-hacking laws.

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