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STATEMENT FROM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PATRICK ROSS RE: Passage of IP Enforcement Legislation in US House

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September 29, 2008

WASHINGTON -- We at the Copyright Alliance are pleased that the US House of Representatives Sunday approved S. 3325, an IP enforcement bill that had cleared the US Senate on Friday. As we said then, this legislation will boost the economy, create more jobs, and continue to provide incentives for creators to enrich our culture.

We applaud the House in its bipartisan 381-41 passage of the bill, now renamed the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008 to match the name of the House bill that passed earlier this year by a 410-11 margin.

Clearly the US Congress understands the importance of copyright enforcement, and we look forward to the signature of this bill by the President in the near future. The next Administration will reap the benefits that will come from this new law.

ABOUT THE COPYRIGHT ALLIANCE

The Copyright Alliance is a non-profit, non-partisan educational organization dedicated to the value of copyright as an agent for creativity, jobs and growth. For more information, please visit http://www.copyrightalliance.org/.

Members of the Copyright Alliance include: American Federation of Musicians; American Federation of Television & Radio Artists; American Intellectual Property Law Association; American Photographic Artists; American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers; American Society of Media Photographers; Association of American Publishers; Association of Independent Music Publishers; AT&T; Broadcast Music, Inc.; Business Software Alliance; CBS Corporation; Church Music Publishers Association; Directors Guild of America; Entertainment Software Association; Graphic Artists Guild; Langley Productions; Magazine Publishers of America; Motion Picture Association of America; National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR); National Association of Broadcasters; National Collegiate Athletic Association; National Music Publishers' Association; National Basketball Association Properties, Inc.; NBC Universal; News Corporation; Newspaper Association of America; Picture Archive Council of America; PPL and VPL; Professional Photographers of America; Professional School Photographers Association; Recording Industry Association of America; Reed Elsevier; SESAC; Software & Information Industry Association; Sony Pictures Entertainment; Time Warner; Universal Music Group; Viacom; The Walt Disney Company; and Writers Guild of America, West.

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FOR MORE INFORMATION: http://www.copyrightalliance.org/
CONTACT: Gayle Osterberg, 202/669-0689