Does Joe Biden hate techies?

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	Does Joe Biden hate techies?

Andy Greenberg

8-25-2008 1:36 PM

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obama, mccain, biden, p2p, privacy, mpaa, riaa

Andy Greenberg says:

Barack's VP pick has a pretty rough record when it comes to the government's handling of copyright protection. But his tech savvy still trumps McCain, who by all appearances has only learned about electricity in recent briefings with his staff aides.

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