Good News of the Day, Pt. I:
Voice mail waiting from Dad when I got back from lunch. He’s through the surgery and fine.
*whew*
Whoops.
11:56 AM Jun. 19, 2003 PT
Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) suggested Tuesday that people who download copyright materials from the Internet should have their computers automatically destroyed.
But Hatch himself is using unlicensed software on his official website, which presumably would qualify his computer to be smoked by the system he proposes.
The senator’s site makes extensive use of a JavaScript menu system developed by Milonic Solutions, a software company based in the United Kingdom. The copyright-protected code has not been licensed for use on Hatch’s website.
“It’s an unlicensed copy,” said Andy Woolley, who runs Milonic. “It’s very unfortunate for him because of those comments he made.”
Orrin Hatch is, of course, a musician in his own right, having received more than $18,000 in royalties last year for his various and sundry compositions.
Stuff like this makes me smile.