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September 30, 2016
Internet Addressing System To Transition To ICANN As Planned After Last-Ditch Effort To Derail Fails In Court
Washington -- The Department of Commerce is scheduled to transition administration of the technical underpinnings of the Internet’s addressing system to the private sector-led multi-stakeholder comm...
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September 26, 2016
WTO Public Forum: Enabling Human Rights and Inclusiveness through Digital Trade
New technologies create novel opportunities for social inclusion and economic growth around the globe yet online freedoms appear to be deteriorating.
When does suppression of online rights become a t...
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September 15, 2016
DG Competition Reveals First Results of E-Commerce Sector Inquiry; Online Marketplace Bans Remain a Problem
Brussels, BELGIUM -- Today DG Competition published its preliminary report on the E-commerce Sector Inquiry. The sector inquiry was launched in May 2015 as part of the Commission’s Digital Single Ma...
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September 14, 2016
European Commission releases Copyright and Telecom rules: end of Europe’s digital single market ambitions?
Brussels, BELGIUM -- The European Commission issued its proposals on Telecoms and Copyright today as part of the Digital Single Market Framework. Both proposals will impact Internet users, online serv...
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September 13, 2016
CCIA Offers Written Statement For House Judiciary Patent Oversight Hearing
Washington - The House Judiciary Committee is examining a recent GAO report on patent quality and other issues on the problem of patent trolls at a hearing Tuesday. The Computer & Communications I...
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September 12, 2016
CCIA, Tech Companies Ask Congress Not To Interfere With Internet Address Transition
Washington -- After years of planning, the Department of Commerce is scheduled to transition control of the Internet addressing system to a private sector-led multi-stakeholder body on October 1. Toda...
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September 8, 2016
Senate Denies Request To Consider Bill To Block Government Hacking Expansion
Washington -- Senator Ron Wyden today asked for Senate approval by unanimous consent of his Stopping Mass Hacking Act (S. 2952), which would temporarily block a dangerous expansion of the government...
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September 8, 2016
Court of Justice of the EU Rules on the Legality of Hyperlinking
Brussels, BELGIUM -- Today the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) delivered its judgment in the GS Media case (Case C-160/15). The case centered on the question whether hyperlinking to content that has...
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September 7, 2016
CVCC Files Further Set Top Box Comments
Washington -- On behalf of the Consumer Video Choice Coalition, CCIA filed an ex parte letter with the FCC this afternoon. It refutes the most recent claims made by some of the biggest content compa...
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September 6, 2016
CCIA Welcomes Net Neutrality Guidelines From EU Telecom Regulators
Brussels, BELGIUM -- The Computer and Communications Industry Association welcomes the net neutrality guidelines put forward by BEREC. CCIA is a strong supporter of net neutrality and maintaining the ...
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August 23, 2016
Tech Industry Warns Against French-German Plans To Weaken Encryption
Brussels, BELGIUM -- French Interior Minister, Bernard Cazeneuve, and German Interior Minister, Thomas de Maizière today called for a range of European security-related initiatives in Paris. The mi...
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August 18, 2016
CCIA Submits Set-Top Box Whitepaper: “Unlock the Box: How to Address Opposition and Boost Competition”
Washington -- The Computer & Communications Industry Association has submitted a white paper to the FCC today that offers a way to bridge the gap between the FCC’s plan to bring competition to T...