October 26, 2004

Ed notes, via Jason and Frank, that Senator McCain (R-Arizona) is blocking two copyright expansion bills because they contain language that implies it is illegal to fast-forward through commercials while watching a recorded TV show. Senator Leahy (D-Vermont), a co-author of this and similar legislation along with Senator Hatch (R-Utah), blasts McCain, charging him with partisanship, placing the economy at risk and contributing to a trend that causes losses of "literally hundreds of billions of dollars every year to various forms of piracy."