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Despite my initial excitement at seeing a senator advocate for some patent reform a review of Senator Hatch's history left me less excited. He has supported copyright extension, and advocated for COICA. It seems he only cares about intellectual property abuse when it prevents people from making money.

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He also co-sponsored PIPA[1] (the Senate version of SOPA). He withdrew support once it became political poison, saying, "it is simply not ready for prime time."

[1](http://projects.propublica.org/sopa/H000338.html)

Seriously - not the byline I expected to see on something like this.

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