RIAA, MPAA urge pro-copyright vows from presidential candidates
 

*Source: News Blog (News.com) (http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-982...tag=nefd.top)*
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A coalition of entertainment and publishing industry heavyweights would like to see the 2008 presidential candidates champion "meaningful copyright protection" in their policy platforms.

The requests came Tuesday in the form of a letter (PDF) (http://www.copyrightalliance.org/fil...ign_letter.pdf) and a questionnaire (PDF) (http://www.copyrightalliance.org/fil...EASagenda.pdf), dispatched by the Washington-based Copyright Alliance (http://www.news.com/Backers-of-stron...3-6184604.html) to 17 candidates vying for Democratic or Republican nominations next year. The group has requested responses to its questionnaire by early January of next year and plans to make the answers public.

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