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How To Reboot WIPO
September 12, 2012
As CCIA Geneva Representative Nick Ashton-Hart writes in his IP Watch op ed this week, the entire intellectual property community knows there are problems with the World Intellectual Property Organi...
Open Internet Rights in America Being Tested in Court
September 12, 2012
Earlier this week, the FCC filed a Court brief in defense of its open Internet rule that has been challenged by Verizon and one small wireless carrier, Metro PCS. Verizon claims to support the I...
CCIA Asks Congress To Evaluate FISA Before A Renewal Vote
September 12, 2012
The House is scheduled to vote this week on a bill reauthorizing the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act for another five years. The vote is scheduled despite complaints from Democrats at a hearin...
Making Noises In Europe
September 7, 2012
Brussels is a town full of diplomats, civil servants, lobbyists....and a few politicians. We know that most diplomats are very discreet and that politicians are, well, noisy. But what about trade asso...
CCIA Announces New Chief Of Its Brussels Office
September 7, 2012
The Computer & Communications Industry Association is pleased to welcome James Waterworth, who will begin leading CCIA’s Brussels office this week. CCIA is a global technology trade association ...
Do Rightsholders Really Own Their Rights?
August 28, 2012
In copyright online, anyone can claim to own the rights of others and profit by it … and all too often, they do.
Copyright owners in the creative sector are very vocal in demanding payment for thei...
Location Privacy Ups and Downs
August 27, 2012
Last week a federal appeals court ruled on a subject dodged by the Supreme Court last year in US v. Jones: Whether the government can use your phone as a tracking device without getting a warrant firs...
FCC Approves Verizon Collaboration with Cable Companies
August 23, 2012
The Federal Communications Commission released its Order on Thursday approving the myriad of agreements between Verizon and its largest cable competitors. The Order follows last week’s approval w...
CCIA Responds to FCC Suspension of Dysfunctional Special Access Regulatory Regime
August 23, 2012
The FCC voted to suspend its rules on pricing flexibility in the special access market on Thursday, citing the need for updated data collection from service providers.
The current rules, adopted in...
Notice-and-Takedown Measures in Evolution
August 16, 2012
Notice-and-takedown (NTD) procedures and practices just recently caught renewed attention as a result of two events involving Google and its subsidiary YouTube. First, a video of Curiosity’s Mars la...
DOJ Approves Verizon Cable Deal With Some Conditions
August 16, 2012
The Computer & Communications Industry Association appreciates the excellent work of the Justice Department and the FCC in reviewing a complex deal struck by Verizon and its largest cable competit...