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“Some unscrupulous corporations may have exploited new technologies … so that ordinary consumers and children become, in effect, ‘human shields’ against copyright owners and law enforcement agencies.”

Senator Orrin Hatch (D.-RIAA), on the amusing conspiracy theories he’s come up with to justify outlawing peer-to-peer networks, Senate.gov, 25 March 2004

“I want to make sure (a user) can’t get through … an online experience without hitting a Microsoft ad.”

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, on his media strategy of saturation-bombing Internet users into submission, InformationWeek, 25 March 2004

“To be accused of being a whore is one thing, but to be accused of being a weblogger is actionable.”

Tech journalist Andrew Orlowski, on being accused of posing as a prostitute online, The Register, 21 March 2004

“Lawsuits are an important part of the larger strategy to educate file sharers about the law.”

RIAA president Cary Sherman, on the music industry’s insidious new plan to bore fans to death, News.com, 23 March 2004