[Rumori] Hatch Takes Aim at Illegal Downloading

[matt davignon]

Sounds to me like he just doesn't like computers.

>From: Steev Hise <steev at detritus.net>
>Reply-To: "Detritus discussion list." <rumori at detritus.net>
>To: rumori at detritus.net
>Subject: [Rumori] Hatch Takes Aim at Illegal Downloading Date: Fri, 20 Jun 
>2003 12:08:23 -0700 (PDT)
>
>
>wow, this is insame.
>(via nettime.)
>smh
>
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>
>Hatch Takes Aim at Illegal Downloading
>By TED BRIDIS
>The Associated Press
>Tuesday, June 17, 2003; 5:22 PM
>
>
>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.
>...
>
>"No one is interested in destroying anyone's computer," replied Randy Saaf
>of MediaDefender Inc., a secretive Los Angeles company that builds
>technology to disrupt music downloads. One technique deliberately
>downloads pirated material very slowly so other users can't.
>
>"I'm interested," Hatch interrupted. He said damaging someone's computer
>"may be the only way you can teach somebody about copyrights."
>
>...

>He endorsed
>technology that would twice warn a computer user about illegal online
>behavior, "then destroy their computer."
>
>...
>Hatch said. "If that's the only
>way, then I'm all for destroying their machines. ...

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