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Things on which “we can all agree”: Ari Emanuel, and a year since PIPA was introduced

[Author’s Note:  This post was adapted from the author’s post on the DisCo (Disruptive Competition) blog — If you haven’t checked out http://project-disco.org, please do!] The PROTECT IP ...
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Copyright RFI on Crowd Sourcing Mass Digitization of Pre-1978 Copyrighted Works

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...
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Net Neutrality Issue Predates the Commercial Internet

As the net neutrality debate drags on into another season, perhaps some historical “big picture” context is in order. AT&T was broken up in the early 1980s under the terms of an antitrust c...

Tech Industry Concerned About New Internet Censorship Tool In Wake Of EU Court Ruling

Washington – The implications of the European court ruling yesterday are huge, and are raising questions from Internet users around the world about how the decision might be used and misused to prom...

EU Parliament Passes Resolution To Pressure EC to Consider Unbundling Search Services

Brussels - The European Parliament has passed a measure asking the European Commission to consider unbundling search engines from other commercial services. The move is seen as a political one after a...

CCIA Disappointed That Obama Administration Recommended Against Hearing Important Copyright Case

Washington -- The Justice Department, in a filing with the Supreme Court, has counseled against the Court hearing an important copyright case that could have sweeping implications for the technology i...
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CCIA Awaiting Upcoming Email Privacy Act Markup

Washington -- In the next couple of weeks, the House Judiciary Committee will likely markup the Email Privacy Act, the leading bill aimed at reforming the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA)....
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House Subcommittee Digs Into “Dig Once” Bill and Other Legislation to Speed Broadband Deployment

Washington - The House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology held a hearing on October 28th titled “Breaking Down Barriers to Broadband Infrastructure Deployment.”  ...
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House Subcommittee Digs Into "Dig Once" Bill and Other Legislation to Speed Broadband Deployment

Washington - The House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology held a hearing on October 28th titled “Breaking Down Barriers to Broadband Infrastructure Deployment.”  ...
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CCIA Asks Supreme Court To Preserve Copyright Framework That Allows Interoperability

Washington -- The Computer & Communications Industry Association has filed an amicus brief in a Supreme Court case that has major implications for the entire tech industry. The issue in Google v. ...
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New Study Shows Microsoft Holds 85% Market Share in U.S. Public Sector Productivity Software

Washington -- A new study conducted by Omdia has found Microsoft’s share in the U.S. government office productivity software market to be approximately 85 percent, more than seven times the share of...
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Study Offers Reasons Why Government Technology and Procurement Practices Needs to Change

Washington -- A study by market research firm Omdia released Monday explores reasons why most government departments rely on just one vendor for productivity software and why IT departments are choosi...