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CCIA was founded in 1972 to promote open markets, open systems, and open networks in the computer and telecommunications industry. Today, the association continues to evangelize these principles across these increasingly diverse and economically important sectors of the global economy.

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New Product, Same Old Turf Wars

Blog, Competition, US

The nation’s leading broadcasters are blocking TV episodes on their websites from playing on Google’s new web television service. The Wall Street Journal reports ABC, NBC and CBS have blocked those using the new Google set top boxes from accessing their networks’ shows. Fox so far is not blocking their programs from the new TV interface. Google…

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Net Neutrality Issue Predates the Commercial Internet

Blog, Competition, US

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 court decree because it had anti-competitively blocked MCI, which was selling alternative long distance phone calling services using new wireless microwave links.  …

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European Parliament Demands ACTA Draft After EC Says Language Nearly Final

Blog, Patent Reform & Copyright, US

Members of the European Parliament are angered the European Commission has announced agreement on final language for the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement – without revealing what’s in the latest draft of the secret, controversial document. Several members released a joint statement demanding the EC release the text of the international agreement that would add new policing measures on…

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CCIA Calls For Online Privacy Law Updates

Blog, Privacy & Security, US

Rep. Boucher, D-Va., is vowing to bring up privacy legislation in the House next year – regardless of which party ends up in control after the elections.  Last week, CCIA submitted a statement for the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearing on how to update the Electronic Communications Privacy Act for the digital age.  CCIA’s statement focuses on how…

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