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December 1, 2010
FCC Chair Offers Latest Plan To Protect Broadband Internet Access
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski put Open Internet access on the December agenda and offered his latest proposal to fellow Commissioners Wednesday. The plan, after much negotiations with major carriers...
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November 30, 2010
EC To Investigate Search Engine Policies
The European Commission has announced that it was opening an investigation into search and search advertising focused on Google. The investigation comes after complaints from three companies that we...
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November 24, 2010
The State of Play On ACTA in the EU
On 15th November the parties negotiating the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (Australia, Canada, EU, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, and the U.S.) published the...
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November 23, 2010
Online Censorship Bill Now On Hold
A bill that would have led to more Internet censorship is on ice -- thanks to a hold placed on it by Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore. The Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act (COICA), S.3804, wi...
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November 19, 2010
What Election Could Mean For Patent Reform
The results of this week’s mid-term elections have been linked to a public desire for “smaller government” or hostility to “big government.” Assuming this is the case, it may be useful to co...
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November 19, 2010
CCIA Offers Recommendations To Combat Trade Barriers From Internet Censorship
Chairman Wyden, D-Ore, said President Obama hopes to double exports within 5 years and he sees Internet and tech companies as instrumental to achieving that – if the U.S. can reduce the trade barrie...
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November 18, 2010
Senate Judiciary Approves Internet Censorship Bill
The Senate Judiciary Committee has approved a measure Thursday that would give the government additional tools to pressure other companies to not do business with domains suspected of illegally sharin...
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November 18, 2010
CCIA’s Black Tells Senate, “Internet Censorship Is A Trade Barrier”
Computer & Communications Industry Association President & CEO Ed Black is scheduled to testify Thursday at a Senate Finance subcommittee hearing, “International Trade in the Digital Economy...
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November 18, 2010
CCIA's Black Tells Senate, "Internet Censorship Is A Trade Barrier"
Computer & Communications Industry Association President & CEO Ed Black is scheduled to testify Thursday at a Senate Finance subcommittee hearing, “International Trade in the Digital Economy...
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November 16, 2010
EU Employee Transfer Reform Increases Global Efficiency, Aids Innovation
The new 21st century economy is an increasingly globalized one, and multinational companies must be able to operate seamlessly across borders as a single global entity, rather than as a collection of...
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November 15, 2010
NTIA Offers Plan To Increase Spectrum For Wireless Broadband
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration issued a report today recommending that 115 MHz of radio spectrum be reallocated for wireless broadband service within the next five year...