"There's no excuse for anybody violating copyright laws. [...] If we can find some ways to [stop piracy] short of destroying their machines, I'd like to know what it is. But if that's the only way, then I'm all for destroying their machines."

- Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), arguing a recent hearing in Washington that a legitimate legislative remedy for copyright infringement on the Internet would be to destroy infringers' computers.

"I am very impressed with your website, Senator. However, I'm assuming that you are using Milonic Solutions DHTML menu under the non-commercial license agreement, correct? Have you or any member of your staff notified Milonic Solutions as to your intentions regarding the use of this software as per the license agreement?"

- Laurence Simon of Houston, Texas, who trained his crosshairs on Hatch after discovering that the senator had been using unlicensed software on his official website.

{via the Filter, "public interest Internet news and commentary from the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School"}