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Record Labels Oppose Legislation on Digital Piracy.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, January, 2003

By William Glanz, The Washington Times Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jan. 15--Record labels and a group of technology companies said yesterday they will oppose legislative efforts that would mandate anti-piracy controls to combat the increasingly high-profile problem of digital piracy of music.

The Recording Industry Association of America, Business Software Alliance and Computer Systems Policy Project said they will rely on enforcement of existing laws and public awareness to reduce piracy of digital files, a rampant problem owing to file-sharing networks like Kazaa.

Hilary Rosen, chief executive of the Recording Industry Association of America, said the agreement to combat digital piracy without help from Congress will...

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