Remember Sen. Orrin Hatch? Last year he caused an uproar when he said copyright holders should be allowed to remotely destroy the computers of music pirates. Now, he's introducing the Induce Act, which will outlaw any device that can be used to circumvent copyrights, and incriminate any person distributing those devices, according to News*(.com)^2. That means P2P stuff, ReplayTV and even VCRs could be illegal. News of the bill is spreading, so expect a nice national outrage by free geeks everywhere very soon. What really ticks me off is that Hatch is using the "Please, think of the Children!" defense for this publicly, when we all know he's just getting money from the MPAA and RIAA.
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