Z:gnu-www-ja-dat--c8c7b4-Threatening lawsuits, they hav/en

Threatening lawsuits, they have obtained from the manufacturers of DATs an agreement to pay a fee for each DAT unit and each DAT tape sold to consumers. This fee is to be divided among various participants in the music business: musicians, composers, music publishers and record companies. In addition, DAT manufacturers have agreed to cripple DAT units so that they cannot make a copy of a copy of a prerecorded piece.