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THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary


For Immediate Release November 2, 1995

Statement by the Press Secretary

                 on Digital Performance Right in Sound
                             Recordings Act

Last night, the President signed into law S. 227, the Digital Performance Right in Sound Recordings Act of 1995. The law will expand consumer choice by providing greater incentives for recording artists to produce and disseminate more works.

The bill provides copyright protection for performers and record companies for certain digital transmission of sound recordings.