Yeah, it's been blogged elsewhere. But it's so much fun torture the computer-illiterate with their own words.
“I am very concerned about Internet piracy of personal and copyrighted materials, and I want to find effective solutions to these problems.
“I made my comments at yesterday’s hearing because I think that industry is not doing enough to help us find effective ways to stop people from using computers to steal copyrighted, personal or sensitive materials. I do not favor extreme remedies – unless no moderate remedies can be found. I asked the interested industries to help us find those moderate remedies.”
I guess that we can beta-test the BIOS-destroying software on all the computers that Senator Hatch owns personally, all the servers in his Senate Office, all the Laptops of his staffers every computer of any make and model he might come in contact with...because he's a Pirate. Yes, "Bluebeard" Hatch is a Warez Dood. He's running an unlicensed javascript menu system on his web server.
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.
What? A hypocrite in the republican party and the chairman of the Senate Judiciary committe to boot? I just won't sleep tonight. But I'll bet some poor staffer just got the to walk the plank for Orrin the Terrible.
posted by Jo Fish on 06.19.03 at 11:20 PM
Comments:
Does java have to be licensed on a website?
Or does a Congresscritter's website qualify as a commerical site?
Or would the owners of the rights to java even have the temerity to demand ole Borin' Orrin actually *pay* for something? I mean, he gets free food, free medical care, free travel, free haircuts.......
On the subject of software glitches, it appears that both the email addresses announced here are inactive.
posted by: Lurch on 06.19.03 at 11:44 PM [permalink]
Thanks for the catch Lurch. I appreciate it. I had left out the "n" in usndemvet...no wonder it wouldn't work. Did not notice it.
As to the Java question...I believe it was a Javascript program that was a commercial product, and unlicensed by Senator Hatch for "commercial use". I think that the company sells (sold?) it on sliding fee scale, depending on the use/user. But apparently the good Sen forgot to send his check. Or something.
In the interests of complete and honest disclosure (I am an American patriot and Democrat, which more and more are interchangeable terms,) I got to this Wired article through Matt Drudge's swamp of lies and hypocrisy, and I'll live in shame because I look at his page.
posted by: Lurch on 06.20.03 at 06:07 AM [permalink]
