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RIAA, MPAA resume lobbying push to expand copyright law

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RIAA, MPAA resume lobbying push to expand copyright law (ID: CSD5506)

Author(s):

Declan McCullagh (CNET News.com)

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Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (09/11/2008)

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Articles, Papers, and Reports

Abstract:

The Recording Industry Association of America and the Motion Picture Association of America are lobbying for a pair of bills that enjoy bipartisan support. Both are designed to give the federal government more power to police copyright violations, and both are likely to run into opposition from political foes of the RIAA and MPAA.

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