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The Washington, D.C.-based Home Recording Rights Coalition (HRRC) urged a congressional committee in May to take action on H.R. 107, the Digital Media Consumers' Rights Act sponsored by Democratic Rep. Rick Boucher of Virginia and Republican Rep. John Doolittle of California. HRRC chairman Gary Shapiro (who also heads the CEA) says the legislation is

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