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CCIA Praises Introduction of Surveillance Transparency Legislation
August 2, 2013
Two House and Senate Judiciary committee leaders on privacy issues have introduced legislation to add transparency requirements to the law used by the NSA to carry out surveillance on Americans. ...
CCIA Comments on Commerce Department’s Comprehensive Copyright Report
July 31, 2013
A new paper on copyright gives an extensive and balanced overview of the problems and challenges currently being handled by the courts, policymakers and within the private sector. But it gets it bac...
Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act Introduced in Senate
July 30, 2013
Last week, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Sen. John Thune (R-SD) introduced the Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2013. The bill would establish a national framework for how state and local...
Lawmaker Statements On NSA This Week Worth More Thought, Discussion
July 26, 2013
As Congress examines electronic surveillance and privacy issues in the wake of the NSA revelations, we are pleased that increasingly members on both sides of the aisle are realizing what is at stake i...
CCIA Supports Result of NTIA Multi-Stakeholder Process
July 25, 2013
CCIA appreciates the opportunity to have participated in the multistakeholder process convened by the Administration, and supports closing debate on this Code of Conduct today for mobile transparency....
CCIA Calls Copyright Ruling A Victory For Innovators
July 24, 2013
A federal appeals court has wisely blocked an attempt by Fox to cut off customer access to a DISH Network service that skips TV commercials, saying the Fox legal argument was not strong enough to issu...
Two Upcoming House Judiciary Hearings on Copyright and Technology
July 24, 2013
The Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet of the House Judiciary Committee has announced two upcoming hearings on copyright, to continue the “House Judiciary Committee�...
House Bill Would Halt Some Common Patent Troll Attacks
July 22, 2013
Reps. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and Judy Chu, D-Calif., introduced the Stopping the Offensive Use of Patents Act (STOP Act) H.R. 2766 Monday. The bipartisan bill is similar to the Patent Quality Impro...
CCIA, Others Ask For More Transparency On Surveillance Practices
July 18, 2013
In a letter to President Obama, Attorney General Eric Holder and key House and Senate leaders, a diverse group of more than 50 trade associations, companies, public interest organizations and invest...
Will the NSA revelations create barriers to cloud adoption in the developing world?
July 18, 2013
What benefits can developing countries expect from cloud computing? And what policies are needed to fully seize its potential?
Several questions were discussed at a peer review of the upcoming clou...
CCIA, Trade Associations Ask Congress For Patent Reform
July 17, 2013
CCIA joined dozens of trade associations from the American Bankers Association to the National Retail Federation to NCTA asking House and Senate leaders to pass comprehensive legislation aimed at pate...