More Orrin Hatch Anti Piracy fun

[Guest Red Hot Thumbtack In The Eye]

Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) suggested Tuesday that people who download copyright materials from the Internet should have their computers automatically destroyed.

 

But Hatch himself is using unlicensed software on his official website, which presumably would qualify his computer to be smoked by the system he proposes.

 

The senator's site makes extensive use of a JavaScript menu system developed by Milonic Solutions, a software company based in the United Kingdom. The copyright-protected code has not been licensed for use on Hatch's website.

 

"It's an unlicensed copy," said Andy Woolley, who runs Milonic. "It's very unfortunate for him because of those comments he made."

 

Hatch on Tuesday surprised a Senate hearing on copyright issues with the suggestion that technology should be developed to remotely destroy the computers of people who illegally download music from the Net.

 

Hatch said damaging someone's computer "may be the only way you can teach somebody about copyrights," the Associated Press reported. He then suggested the technology would twice warn a computer user about illegal online behavior, "then destroy their computer."

 

Any such technology would be in violation of federal antihacking laws. The senator, who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee, suggested Congress would have to make copyright holders exempt from current laws for them to legally destroy people's computers.

 

On Wednesday, Hatch clarified his comments, but stuck by the original idea. "I do not favor extreme remedies -- unless no moderate remedies can be found," he said in a statement. "I asked the interested industries to help us find those moderate remedies."

 

Just as well. Because if Hatch's terminator system embraced software as well as music, his servers would be targeted for destruction.

 

Just saw this here: ntfs.org

[Guest Smell the ratings!!!]

the sad thing is there is not an ounce of suprise in my body. The other sad thing, Hatch probably has no idea what the hell any of this means.

[Guest Jobber of the Week]

Looks like he finally got a license...View Source shows a code now.

 

Apparently, he just got it today.

[Guest Lightning Flik]

Looks like he finally got a license...View Source shows a code now.

 

Apparently, he just got it today.

HAHAHA...

 

God what a fucking moron that bastard is.

[Guest kkktookmybabyaway]

I doubt Hatch intentionally did that -- I'm sure his web master is getting a Mormon thrashing though.

 

Still a funny story nevertheless...