Is Hatch a Software Pirate?

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You know that everyone would be sifting through Hatch's website, didn't you? Looking for proof of the senator's duplicity, his hypocrisy. Personally, I think he's gone a little goofy. Perhaps Alzheimers' is settling in.

In my interview with Robin Gross [just search on her name] she mentioned that the Clinton Administration pushed China to add copyright infringement to their list of capital crimes. Capital punishment for your computer is just the watered down, American version of the same thing.

The copyright industry apparently really hates piracy. It makes them really mad. So much they want to kill. They want to kill! I mean, they really want to KILL somebody (apologies to Arlo).

This is a joke, and as Declan reports his office is already backing off. What's interesting is how the music biz is embracing Apple's music service, desparately, eagerly embracing it. Basically a whole bunch of users have forced a new medium, a new channel, on the most reluctant of industries. The industry will capitulate. They will offer everything online, for a fee. They will offer a huge amount of stuff online for free. Ultimately, the shape of online music will be determined by what users say it will look like. It's an amazing thing.

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