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CCIA Testimony Explains How China’s Internet Censorship Is A Trade Barrier
November 17, 2011
A joint Congressional Committee is examining Internet censorship in China at a hearing today. The Congressional Executive Committee on China is concerned about the various tools China uses to censor a...
SOPA Hearing Demonstrates Need For More Expertise
November 16, 2011
The Stopping Online Piracy Hearing began Wednesday morning with six witnesses -- 5 supporting the bill to hold Internet companies and other intermediaries liable for copyright infringing material on...
Judiciary Committee Holds Lopsided SOPA Hearing Today
November 16, 2011
The House Judiciary Committee held its first hearing on broad new Internet regulations, which have been opposed by cybersecurity experts, technology and consumer electronic business associations, law ...
Supreme Court Hears GPS Tracking Case
November 9, 2011
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments yesterday in the case of United States v. Jones, which questions whether the police must have a valid warrant in order to place a GPS tracking device on a person...
Senate Introduces More Online Sales Tax Legislation
November 9, 2011
The Computer & Communications Industry Association opposes the Marketplace Fairness Act, the latest bill seeking to impose burdensome state and local tax collecting requirements on online retailer...
CCIA Files FCC Comments On DISH National Broadband Network
November 4, 2011
Today CCIA filed Reply Comments with the FCC Thursday advocating that DISH Network be permitted to move forward with its planned launch of a nationwide wireless broadband network.
DISH’s planne...
Study Adds To Link Between Venture Capitalist Investment, Legal Certainty On Copyright Liability For U.S. Cloud Computing Companies
November 4, 2011
A new economic study adds to evidence that more legal certainty about liability can lead to increased venture capitalist investment in a growing industry -- cloud computing.
Harvard Business School...
Senate Introduces Resolution Opposing More Online Sales Tax Legislation
November 2, 2011
The Computer & Communications Industry Association applauds Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and his co-sponsors, Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-NH, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-NH, Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., Sen. Jeff Mer...
Initial Thoughts On House Online Piracy Bill
October 28, 2011
On initial glance H.R. 3261, the Stop Online Piracy Act, introduced in the House this week, is twice was long as its Senate counterpart the PROTECT IP Act and proposes broad, sweeping Internet regul...
The Premier League Case – Opportunities For The Single Digital Market
October 27, 2011
At the beginning of this month the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) handed down its judgment on the long-awaited ‘Premier League rights’ case. The legal dispute arose in the UK invol...
Privacy Panel Caps Week Of Events Marking ECPA’s 25th Anniversary
October 27, 2011
Today marked the end of around ten days of events surrounding the 25th anniversary of the Electronic Communications Protect Action, though by no means is it the end of our reform efforts. It was a wee...