CULTURAS IN VITRO
Copyright truce excludes key voices: The key detail about a digital-copyright agreement announced here on Tuesday was who was not in the room at the time.
The peace accord was designed to show a unified front linking the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and a pair of computer industry groups, thus persuading Congress that new regulations are unnecessary. But absent from the press conference were influential lobbyists who have been far more aggressive--and who show no signs of relenting.