Computer & Communication Industry Association

DMA Impacts Suggest California’s Proposed SB 1074 BASED Act Will Be a Costly Failure

PublishedApril 13, 2026
Written By
  • Trevor Wagener

California's SB 1074 would impose DMA-analogous obligations while adding several additional cost drivers, including a private right of action, treble damages, and class action exposure that could multiply effective compliance costs by 2–5× on a per-user basis, for a population roughly one-eleventh the size of the EU. Ultimately, these litigation-related costs added by CA SB 1074’s new additions could exceed the costs of the DMA-analogous sections.

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  • Competition
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Public First UK Survey of Consumers’ App Store Experiences

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  • Space & Spectrum
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Consideraciones sobre el impacto de la interferencia en sistemas de compartición de espectro GEO-LEO

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  • Space & Spectrum
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