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Websites and the "Natural Monopoly" Myth
February 14, 2011
Over the past few years there has been a tendency, especially by those in the financial press, to play it fast and loose with economic jargon. Buzzwords replace actual understanding of issues and the ...
The Cost of Various Antitrust and DMA-Related Litigation to State and Local Pension Plans – State by State Aggregates
April 10, 2024Various antitrust and DMA-related litigation against the five leading technology firms, Google, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, and Apple (GAMMA), would increase operating costs for targeted GAMMA firms, ...
PIPA/SOPA Blackout
January 18, 2012
Here's an excerpt from CCIA President & CEO Ed Black's CNN interview -- see above or the text of the story below:
(CNN) -- "Imagine a world without free knowledge". Those are the words on the h...
CCIA Renews Call for FCC To Reclassify Broadband Access
August 10, 2010
The agreement released yesterday between two major stakeholders in the net neutrality debate – an Internet Access Provider, Verizon, and a content provider, Google, -- is an important development wh...
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 ...
Trial Critical To Internet Freedom In Europe To Begin In Italy
September 29, 2009
International companies and the Computer & Communications Industry Association will be watching Tuesday as a privacy violation trial begins in Italy. A judge decided earlier this year to allow a c...
Carriers Try to Confuse Net Neutrality Issue
September 28, 2009
Since the FCC chairman’s announcement last week that he would work to enforce network neutrality principles, some large carriers initially questioned the need for regulatory action and are now tryin...
Italian Privacy Violation Case Wednesday Could Set Dangerous Precedent
February 17, 2009
The Computer & Communications Industry Association will be among those monitoring the outcome of a privacy violation case Wednesday (February 18) in Italy. Several Google executives face up to 3 y...
The German Proposal on a New Leistungsschutzrecht – Endangering Press Diversity and the Digital Economy
September 14, 2012
Shortly before the next elections in Germany which will take place exactly a year from now, the German government set into motion the adoption of a new copyright law that, if it passed parliament, wou...
Notice-and-Takedown Measures in Evolution
August 16, 2012
Notice-and-takedown (NTD) procedures and practices just recently caught renewed attention as a result of two events involving Google and its subsidiary YouTube. First, a video of Curiosity’s Mars la...
The Spectrum Crunch and Why AT&T Deal Review Delays Relief
March 31, 2011
How should the government free up bandwidth and balance the interests of those involved? Panelists weighed in at a Brookings Institution event Wednesday “A Framework for Innovative Federal Spectrum ...