] Lobbyists for some of the nation's largest technology
] companies will argue under the new agreement against
] efforts in Congress to amend U.S. laws to broaden the
] rights of consumers, such as explicitly permitting
] viewers to make backup copies of DVDs for personal use or
] copy songs onto handheld listening devices.

More information is starting to leak out about this mornings deal between the RIAA and the tech industry. According to the AP, the RIAA agrees to drop support for the (unworkable and extremely unpopular) Fritz Chip legislation, and in exchange the technology industry agrees to lobby AGAINST consumer fair use rights. I certaily don't wish to take the AP's analysis as the word of god, but they are spinning this as a positive compromise. It sounds to me like the RIAA got a hell of a lot more then they gave.

RIAA, Technology Industry deal looking dirty...