Steven Den Beste writes about an undoubted benefit of the Republican congressional victory. Fritz Hollings will no longer be chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee. This is undoubtedly a good thing. While on the copyright wars, the record companies manage to reach new levels in head in the sand self-righteouness . Hey guys, look at the software industry's actions around 1980-85. Copy protection doesn't work technically, and there is no way you will get it to work. All you will do is piss off your customers. Meanwhile, the customers are already astonishingly pissed off.