] Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), once nicknamed "Terminator"
] for his 2003 comment that the recording industry should
] be allowed to remotely destroy the computers of
] file-sharers, was named today to head a new Senate
] subcommittee on intellectual property.
]
] While Hatch backed down slightly from that comment the
] next day, saying, "I do not favor extreme remedies --
] unless no moderate remedies can be found," he has
] remained a staunch ally of the entertainment industry.

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