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CCIA Adds New Patent Counsel
May 6, 2013
The Computer & Communications Industry Association has added to its strong intellectual property team by hiring Matthew Levy as Patent Counsel. Levy's legal background includes working for Hoga...
Agenda Item for the new FCC: Robust Wireless Competition
May 6, 2013
Competition is a critical ingredient for functioning markets. Without it, we have market power, higher prices and market failure. With it, we have new offers for smartphones without contracts or pe...
CCIA Appreciates NAS Copyright Study
May 2, 2013
The National Academy of Sciences has released advanced copies of its long awaited study, “Copyright in the Digital Era: Building Evidence for Policy.” The study provides a roadmap of how copyrigh...
Government Support for Fighting Patent Trolls Grows
May 2, 2013
Lawmakers have been speaking out about the patent troll epidemic in recent weeks and now it looks like they're ready to do something about it.
Yesterday Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced tha...
CCIA Praises Nomination of Wheeler As FCC Chairman
May 1, 2013
The Computer & Communications Industry Association praised President Obama’s decision to nominate Tom Wheeler as FCC Chairman.
The following can be attributed to CCIA President & CEO Ed B...
CCIA Sees Problems With Expanding Federal Wiretapping Scope, Penalties
April 29, 2013
A task force is reportedly working on legislation to require tech companies to allow law enforcement to intercept online communications with their customers, according to news reports. The proposal wo...
Online Privacy, Security Action This Week
April 26, 2013
For those who don’t keep as close an eye on privacy, the past week has seen a flurry of activity on a number of privacy related fronts from the US Congress. Topics have included cybersecurity, gover...
CCIA Applauds Senate Judiciary Committee Updates To Privacy Laws
April 25, 2013
Email and other online communications are a step closer to greater privacy protections after a Senate Judiciary Committee vote today to update the Electronic Communications Privacy Act. The updates, w...
Panelists Discuss Future Internet Governance At World Press Freedom Day Event
April 24, 2013
Washington- Academics, companies and a State Department official outlined the challenges ahead for Internet governance and Internet freedom at a National Press Club event marking World Press Freedom D...
The Underestimated Challenge for E-Commerce in Europe: Non-Notification of National Laws
April 19, 2013
As CCIA has repeatedly reported, Germany was the first country in the European Union to have passed a law, called the Leistungsschutzrecht, that extends copyright protection to text excerpts, like sn...
US District Court Resolves Viacom v. Youtube Case, Reaffirming DMCA
April 18, 2013
A trial court resolved outstanding issues in the long-running Viacom v. YouTube copyright case today, exonerating the online video service and dismissing the complaint. The plaintiffs wanted YouTu...