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Orrin Hatch to Lead Senate Panel on Copyright, Patents

Posted by timothy on from the can-we-batten-down-the-hatches? dept.

PontifexPrimus writes "Senator Orrin Hatch, (in)famous for his idea of destroying the computers of copyright violators is to head a Senate 'panel, which will have jurisdiction over copyright, trademark and patent law, as well as treaties intended to protect American intellectual property overseas.' Looks like file sharing will finally be erased once and for all. Oh, and this looks like another field day for those who refuse to subsume patent, trademark and copyright law under the heading of 'IP law.'"

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  1. More tax waste by EvilStein · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Bush is flying back to Washington to help push through some right-to-life legislation to try and help a brain dead vegetable in Florida.

    Nice.