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.