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The ACTA is out of the bag
April 21, 2010
After two and a half years of calls for more public scrutiny, the current draft of the once-secret Anti-counterfeiting trade agreement (ACTA) agreement has been released to the public, as the tech pr...
CCIA Praises EU Ministers’ Call For Open Standards, Interoperability
April 20, 2010
Brussels – EU IT and telecom ministers called for open standards and interoperability in government IT procurement during what was supposed to be a meeting in Granada, Spain. The statement was part ...
CCIA Applauds PTO’s Economic Research Agenda
April 20, 2010
The Computer & Communications Industry Association applauds the economic research agenda outlined Tuesday by Under Secretary for Intellectual Property David Kappos, the featured speaker at the ann...
Justice Stevens Invented the Internet
April 20, 2010
Co-writing today’s post is Jonathan Band of policybandwidth, with CCIA’s Matthew Schruers, on the recently-announced retirement of Justice John Paul Stevens:
JUSTICE STEVENS INVENTED THE INTER...
CCIA Asks President For Tech Savvy Supreme Court Nominee
April 14, 2010
As the Obama administration considers its next Supreme Court nominee many groups discuss what diversity on the court means and why it is needed. In a letter to President Obama Wednesday, the Computer...
CCIA Applauds Signing Of The Virginia Free File Act – HB 1349
April 14, 2010
The Computer & Communications Industry Association applauds Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell’s signing into law HB 1349, which will create a Virginia Free File program modeled after the federal F...
UK Digital Economy Bill A Strike Against Internet Freedom
April 8, 2010
Despite protests from thousands of Internet users, the British House of Commons has passed its Digital Economy Bill. Once the bill passes the House of Lords, it allows the government to block websites...
CCIA Joins Broad Coalition to Recommend Updating Privacy Laws for Digital Age
March 30, 2010
Privacy laws need to be updated to accommodate the realities of fast paced technological innovation and digital progress. That’s the message of a broad coalition of consumer groups, companies, and a...
One is Fun, But Twice is Nice
March 29, 2010
Last week, Microsoft got taken to the cleaners in an East Texas patent infringement case to the tune of over $100 million. With the patent system in shambles, these days even six figure damages don�...
Italian Privacy Violation Case Ruling Should Be Corrected On Appeal
March 24, 2010
A decision today in Italy to hold three Google executives criminally responsible for the content of on-line video sets an usual precedent that challenges freedom on the Internet and even access. Even ...
IBM Hit with Another Antitrust Complaint in Europe
March 23, 2010
Earlier today in Brussels, a European open source company hit IBM with another antitrust complaint. The company, TurboHercules, manufactures a product aimed at providing mainframe users with a low cos...