Senator Hatch... Mmmm, isn't his son one of the lawyers SCO has hired in
their IBM lawsuit? Coincidence? I think not :) I guess the apple doesn't
fall far from the tree...
Doug
Levi Bard wrote:
> I agree - it would definitely become an all-out war between the general
> public and the enforcement agency attempting to carry this out. I'd also
> be amused to see said enforcement agency's efforts to attempt a remote
> destruction on a reasonably secure system. "Hey, I just checked my logs,
> and it looks like riaa.gov has been trying to destroy my computer for the
> last 6 weeks...oh well, my tax dollars have to go somewhere!"
>
> The story also mentioned that Sen. Hatch is a composer, which is
> presumably the reason for much of his concern. Well, have no fear, for I
> solemnly vow that nary a one of the various musical works of one Orrin
> Hatch will never cross my LAN. (...nor my CD player, nor even my
> eardrum(s))
>
> Levi
>
>
>>It would be interesting, considering the inept
>>expertise the government has with technology, to see
>>how they would handle the reaction from the cracking
>>public ... an anonymous DOS or worse directed at the
>>set of IP's used to carry out this sort of
>>legislation.
>>
>>They need to remember that the fundamental laws of the
>>Universe will remain regardless of what they do:
>>
>>For every action there is an equal but opposite
>>re-action :)
>>
>>
>>
>>>Bseides the obvious risk that ``...innocent users
>>>might be wrongly targeted'', there are two other
>>>major issues I see.
>>>1) "Innocent until proven guilty". Mr. Hatch's
>>>proposal violates the Constitution. Plain and
>>>simple. Conviction and sentencing without being
>>>afforded a trial by a jury of peers, and not being
>>>given the right to confront your accusers.
>>>2) "The senator...acknowledged Congress would have
>>>to enact an exemption for copyright owners from
>>>liability for damaging computers."
>>>Law enforcement being carried out by non-law
>>>enforcement personnel. This is much different than a
>>>"citizen's arrest". This is the actual conviction
>>>and sentencing being carried out by civilians. This
>>>isn't any different than the lynch mobs from early
>>>history.
>>>
>>>I can just imagine the lawsuit that would come the
>>>first time this was done.
>
>
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