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CCIA Launches Website To Promote Consumer Choice of TV Interface Devices

Washington – The Computer & Communications Industry Association has supported disruptive competition and innovation for more than 40 years. Today it launched a website, ConsumerTVChoice.net, to ...
  • Blog

Welcome Executive Action on Highly Skilled Immigrants

This week, the Department of Homeland Security announced the publication of two rules: one to extend employment authorization to spouses of certain H-1B workers, and another to enhance opportunities f...

CCIA Sends Open Internet Letter to FCC

Washington – The Computer & Communications Industry Association sent a letter to the FCC and Chairman Wheeler that praises their long-standing commitment to protecting the open Internet and as...

CCIA Welcomes Action By Judiciary and Intelligence Committees To Curtail Bulk Metadata Collection

Washington – The House Intelligence Committee approved the USA Freedom Act today, which would curtail bulk collection and storage of Americans’ phone metadata by the U.S. government. The bill matc...

CCIA’s Response to Big Data Review

Washington – The White House released the results of the Big Data review, which the president received today.  The review consisted of two reports, one focused on policy, which was coordinated by J...
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  • Internet Freedom
  • Internet Governance

Outcome from the Net Mundial Global Meeting on the Future of Internet Governance

Going in, the business sector hoped for some consensus on both substantive Internet governance principles and a process roadmap for the future evolution of the governance ecosystem.   We were not di...
  • Patent Reform & Copyright

SCOTUS Tries to Fix Patent System Tilt by Clarifying When Loser Should Pay

Washington – Two patent Supreme Court rulings Tuesday could help sort out when the losing party should be responsible for paying the legal fees of the winner in patent lawsuits. The Supreme Court fo...
  • Blog
  • Patent Reform & Copyright

8 Takeaways From The Aereo Supreme Court Oral Argument

CCIA's Ali Sternburg, camped out overnight at the Supreme Court this week to get a seat for oral arguments in the Aereo case. She filed this post for CCIA's Disruptive Companies (DisCo) blog on how ...

Justices Ask About Cloud Computing Impact of Aereo Case Today

Washington – The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments today in a case that could impact the future of cloud computing and TV watching. The Aereo case could turn on how the justices interpret the ...