Halt, or the Computer Gets It

According to Ramblings Senator Orrin Hatch is suggesting that copyright holders have the ability to remotly destroy the computers of people they suspect to be trading intellectual property. The AP Story that started all of this quotes Hatch as saying:

"If we can find some way to do this without destroying their machines, we'd be interested in hearing about that," Hatch said. "If that's the only way, then I'm all for destroying their machines. If you have a few hundred thousand of those, I think people would realize" the seriousness of their actions, he said.