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Friday, June 20, 2003
Hip-Hip-Hipocrasy!
Have you heard about the federal government's latest proposed infringement into our personal lives? Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah wants computers that download music to be "destroyed" with some sort of magic-bullet virus fired remotely from some federal agency at offending hard drives all over the world. This from a senator who, according to Wired News, is using pirated software on his own website. By the way, last year Hatch earned royalties of $18,000 as a composer.
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