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Some ''Truce''
Posted by Ernest Miller on Tuesday, January 14 @ 11:25:12 EST Digital Millennium Copyright Act
The Washington Post reports on a joint announcement by the RIAA, Business Software Alliance and Consumer Systems Policy Project (a coalition of IT CEOs mostly in the consumer silicon business), that they will provide some joint principles for protecting copyright that is not supportive of bills like the CBDTPA (Entertainment, Tech Firms Reach Truce on Digital Piracy). It will be interesting to see what the principles are when they are released later today. However, one thing is clear: It's not a truce, it is a realistic assessment and retrenchment. Not only is the MPAA not a member, neither are any consumer groups nor the Consumer Electronics Association. The RIAA and partners have simply realized that they do not have a realistic chance of getting a DMCA+ and have decided to settle on an alliance to better defend the DMCA and existing copyright laws. Furthermore, the RIAA realizes that there is very little outside of exceedingly draconian laws that can be done to protect music (the MPAA still holds to the notion that video remains more difficult to copy). Now the RIAA can benefit from the claim that they have compromised - they have compromised by holding onto their excessive gains and not demanding more - some compromise. Nor does this "truce" mean that the RIAA will not continue to fight in the courts, slowly widening copyright through court fiat *cough*MP3.com case*cough*. [via Copyfight]
 
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