Is anyone else scared that this is the kind of person making decisions about copyrights online. This senator proposes that the computers of those who are downloading illegal music should be destroyed
He endorsed technology that would twice warn a computer user about illegal online behavior, "then destroy their computer."
Talk about an over-reaction. As Eric Burke points out in this O'Reilly Net blog maybe after someone speeds in his car 3 times it should be blown up. Or maybe after someone does something illegal in your house, it should be destroyed.
These computers could have valuable information on them. You don't just go destroying computers because the record industry is out of touch! Is he out of his mind?
Who knows, maybe I'm wrong about all this, but it's so obvious to me and many people who I know that the RIAA and governments are going about this issue the wrong way. What is it that is stopping them from understanding?
Hopefully things will improve with the iTunes Music Store and the new service from Real Networks.
Oh, Senator Orren Hatch. Your name is comical and your demeanor offensive to my eyes. Please die a gentleman's death from an excess of bile as soon as possible.
It's like Judge something... I can't remember the damn movie, where the cops are Judge's as well... The star tells some guy with a (hover) car that he's illegally parked (or something) 2 or three times, then destroys the car...
hmm... worst post ever.
We live in strange times, but someday I think we will look back on all of this and marvel at how crazy it was. God, I hope so. I sure wouldn't want this insanity to become the norm.