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CCIA Files Comments On Spectrum For Mobile Broadband
May 25, 2012
Last week CCIA filed Comments in the FCC’s 2 GHz rulemaking proceeding. The Commission’s proposed rules would grant mobile satellite spectrum (MSS) licensees flexibility to use their licensed ...
Senators Introduce Startup Act 2.0
May 24, 2012
Four Senators have introduced bipartisan legislation this week designed to improve the environment for startup businesses in the U.S. The Startup Act 2.0 would create an entrepreneur’s visa for le...
Panelists Discuss Competition In Search At GMU
May 17, 2012
Academics studying everything from economics to competition among search engines and social media offered their theories on the marketplace as well as grounds for antitrust authority by regulators at ...
CCIA Testifies In Support Of GPS Act
May 17, 2012
The tech industry is welcoming legislation Congress is proposing to update our outdated electronic privacy laws – written before almost anyone carried cell phones. Today Computer & Communication...
Trend Towards Copyright Reform For The Benefit Of Innovation Continues in Europe
May 11, 2012
As Europe debates the balance of intellectual property rights in the wake of ACTA, Ireland is taking comments through the end of this month on a paper it published on copyright and innovation.
Desp...
FTC Testifies On Privacy, Competition At Senate Commerce Hearing
May 10, 2012
Privacy as a competition issue was a focus at the Senate Commerce Committee’s hearing on online privacy Thursday.
Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz said having privacy rules could...
Senate Approves FCC Nominees
May 7, 2012
The Senate has finally cleared the way for two former senate advisors to fill two empty seats on the FCC. The nominations of Jessica Rosenworcel, a Democrat, and Ajit Pai, a Republican, to become FCC ...
Plan to Expand Tax Collection for Online Businesses Discussed in Senate Finance Hearing
May 4, 2012
The Senate Finance Committee held an April 25th hearing on “Tax Reform: What It Means for State and Local Tax and Fiscal Policy.” Within the broader theme of the hearing, there was a lively ex...
European Court Reaffirms Limits On Copyright Protection For Software
May 2, 2012
The Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) has made an important ruling in the case SAS Institute Inc. v. World Programming Ltd. (C?406/10). The Court has ruled that computer functions, progra...
Copyright RFI on Crowd Sourcing Mass Digitization of Pre-1978 Copyrighted Works
May 1, 2012
According to FBO.gov (short for FedBizOpps.gov, which in turn naturally stands for Federal Business Opportunities), the U.S. Copyright Office has issued a request for information about digitizing pr...
Reps. Chaffetz, Polis Receive CCIA’s High Tech Defender Award
April 27, 2012
Washington – CCIA presented its high tech defender award to two western Congressmen starting their second term – Jared Polis, D-Colo., and Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah during its 39th Washington Caucu...