Trade group to contest copyright warnings -WSJ

NEW YORK, Aug 1 (Reuters) - A computer-industry trade group plans to file a complaint with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday, alleging that several content companies are overstepping bounds with their copyright warnings, the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site.

The Computer and Communications Industry Association, which represents such companies as Google Inc (GOOG.O) and Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O), wants the commission to order copyright holders to stop wording warnings in what it says is misrepresentative, the paper reported.

Many warnings "materially misrepresent U.S. copyright law, particularly the fundamental built-in First Amendment accommodations which serve to safeguard the public interest," the Journal quoted from the complaint.

The trade group could not be reached immediately.