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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. fp? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fp?

  2. Field day? by BillsPetMonkey · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    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.'"

    I think you mean "open season" not "field day". A field day is defined as follows:
    1. A day set aside for sports or athletic competition.
    2. An outdoor meeting, social event, or festivity.
    3. A day for military exercises, maneuvers, or display.
    2. Informal. A time of great pleasure, activity, or opportunity: The media had a field day with the sensational story.

    Open season:

    1. The period during which it is legal to hunt or catch game or fish.
    2. Informal. A time of unrestrained harassment, criticism, or attack: "By 1950 it was open season on Communists and their fellow travelers" (Boston).

    Unless you meant to say that people who refuse to subsume patent, trademark and copyright law are having an athletic meeting ... ?

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  3. Re:This might save my family. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ""Yeah, dude, that's really lete [sic], you'll get lots of respect.""

    haahhaha.... mod this UP. C'mon, lighten up, it's funny!!

  4. 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.