New music copyright plans

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This is an interesting development for those of us concerned about our rights and how the MPAA and RIAA were talking them away. We might actually get some of them back, or at least they will be stopped from increasing restrictions. read it!

The whole story is at:
http://wireservice.wired.com/wired/s...storyId=623640

The leading trade associations for the music and technology industries, which have been at loggerheads over consumers downloading songs on the Internet, have negotiated a compromise they contend will protect copyrights on movies and music without new government involvement.

Lobbyists for some of the nation's largest technology companies will argue under the new agreement against efforts in Congress to amend U.S. laws to broaden the rights of consumers, such as explicitly permitting viewers to make backup copies of DVDs for personal use or copy songs onto handheld listening devices...