FC: Music-tech industry truce's impact may be limited

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

http://news.com.com/2100-1023-980671.html

   Copyright truce excludes key voices
   By Declan McCullagh
   January 15, 2003, 4:00 AM PT
                                                                         
   WASHINGTON--The key detail about a digital-copyright agreement
   announced here on Tuesday was who was not in the room at the time. 
   
   The peace accord was designed to show a unified front linking the
   Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and a pair of
   computer industry groups, thus persuading Congress that new
   regulations are unnecessary. But absent from the press conference were
   influential lobbyists who have been far more aggressive--and who show
   no signs of relenting.
   
   Take the Motion Picture Association of America, which worked with Sen.
   Fritz Hollings, D-S.C., to craft a bill that would require implanting
   copy-protection technology in PCs and consumer-electronics devices. [...]
   
   That's why MPAA President Jack Valenti says he's not about to sign a
   truce. "We are not prepared to abandon the option of seeking technical
   protection measures via the Congress or appropriate regulatory
   agency," Valenti said [...]

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