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Sen. Hatch as Strange Ally of Pornography Industry

Ernest Miller has a great take on the PIRATE act -- he takes the most insightful comments from the net and goes on to postulate about Hatch being an ally to the pornography industry:

Perhaps Hatch doesn't realize this, but most pornography is copyrighted and, as Hatch notes, is frequently distributed via filesharing networks. Since Hatch wants to stop copyright infringement and also discourage the redistribution of pornography, there is only one logical conclusion. This new law is meant to encourage the DOJ to go after those infringing pornography copyrights through P2P filesharing. By suing those engaged in pornography piracy, the DOJ could accomplish two of Hatch's goals at once: reducing infringement and pornography redistribution.

Read the whole post -- it shows the level of uproar the PIRATE act has caused. There are so many people pissed off by these shenanigans. Even as the Canadians are saying that uploading is not an infringement, the US works on cranking out massively unpopular laws.

Will a new president change this tone? I sure hope so -- this is getting to be unbearable!

Posted by Mayhem at April 1, 2004 03:00 PM