Steve Urquhart for U.S. Senator

I’m supporting Steve Urquhart in his recently announced campaign to run against Senator Orrin Hatch. I’m sure Senator Hatch is a nice guy (I read the first half of his biography a couple of years ago and liked his character) but I think he is out of touch on technology issues. WAY out of touch. He has consistently sided with Hollywood and the big music labels, instead of technology firms and small businesses, of which Utah has dozens. Utah entrepreneurs and small business owners need someone else working for them in the U.S. Senate. And as a technologist, I’d interested in seeing Senator Hatch defeated no matter what state I lived in.

Phil Windley explains it well in “Beating Hatch”.

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Thank you kindly! The issue you raise is very important; if we change the status quo in dealing with intellectual property, should we shift the balance in favor of the public domain or certain content owners? It’s important to note that increasing the rights for content owners takes those rights from someone; they don’t magically appear; in this case, it’s you and me and every member of the public that are having our property taken. Worse, it’s being attempted in such a ham-handed way that it imperils innovative technologies — and that threatens our economy and future prosperity. Along with simply being the wrong thing to do, it is also odd for the reasons you raise. Utah does not derive much from Hollywood and the recording industry compared to our many small businesses that are being hurt by these efforts (hurt by the policies and hurt by the negative image that Utah simply must not “get it” on these issues).

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