RIAA joins Intel, others to oppose Hollywood copyright proposals

A REPORT IN TODAY'S Wall Street Journal claims that the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) will join forces with the Business Software Alliance (BSA) and the Computer Systems Policy Project (CSPP) to oppose a US bill that would introduce technology to prevent the copying of digital content.

The addition of the RIAA to these two bodies is likely to represent a considerable blow to Senator Fritz Holling's bill, which is backed by Hollywood trade body, the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America).

The three trade bodies, which lobby in the halls and walkways of Washington DC, instead are promoting a voluntary approach to copying.

The powerful MPAA may see the Hollings bill overturned, given that Intel, Microsoft, HP and now the RIAA are proposing a voluntary rather than a legal code.

Intel and the others believe that introducing the technology as a compulsory measure would limit the ability of engineers and others to produce new technology.

They also are mindful of the fact that such technology is opposed by the most powerful lobbying group of all - people that buy this kit. µ

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Intel, Microsoft, HP alliance attempt to kick Hollywood's butt