Destroy 'pirate' PCs, says politician A US senator wants to develop new technology which would remotely destroy the computers of people who illegally download music tracks.
Senator Orrin Hatch, a Republican representing Utah, asked technology chiefs about whether they could develop ways to damage or destroy the computers hearing in Washington on Tuesday. Legal experts have said any attack on people's computers would contravene the US's anti-hacking laws. Mr Hatch said damaging computers "may be the only way you can teach someone about copyright". Full story at: http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/print/news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/2999780.stm [URL may wrap] -- Raju -- Raj Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kandalaya.org/ GPG: 78D4 FC67 367F 40E2 0DD5 0FEF C968 D0EF CC68 D17F It is the mind that moves _______________________________________________ ilugd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
