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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.

CCIA Sees Problems With Expanding Federal Wiretapping Scope, Penalties

News & Events, USApril 29, 2013

A task force is reportedly working on legislation to require tech companies to allow law enforcement to intercept online communications with their customers, according to news reports. The proposal would expand existing law by fining companies for the first time when they don’t comply. The task force was responding to complaints from the FBI and…

Online Privacy, Security Action This Week

Blog, USApril 26, 2013

For those who don’t keep as close an eye on privacy, the past week has seen a flurry of activity on a number of privacy related fronts from the US Congress. Topics have included cybersecurity, government surveillance, and the Do Not Track process. Most of these conversation are obviously still ongoing, but a summary after…

CCIA Applauds Senate Judiciary Committee Updates To Privacy Laws

News & Events, USApril 25, 2013

Email and other online communications are a step closer to greater privacy protections after a Senate Judiciary Committee vote today to update the Electronic Communications Privacy Act. The updates, which still need to be passed by the full Senate and House, will more clearly extend 4th Amendment protections to the online world. That would mean law…

Panelists Discuss Future Internet Governance At World Press Freedom Day Event

Blog, USApril 24, 2013

Washington- Academics, companies and a State Department official outlined the challenges ahead for Internet governance and Internet freedom at a National Press Club event marking World Press Freedom Day Wednesday. Christopher Painter, the coordinator for cyber issues at the State Department, said the WCIT meeting in Dubai was a wake up call that the multistakeholder…

The Underestimated Challenge for E-Commerce in Europe: Non-Notification of National Laws

Blog, EUApril 19, 2013

As CCIA has repeatedly reported, Germany was the first country in the European Union to have passed a law, called the Leistungsschutzrecht, that extends copyright protection to text excerpts, like snippets, generated by search engines and online aggregators. Even though the legislature has in the end somehow tried to minimize the impact on online businesses, by…

US District Court Resolves Viacom v. Youtube Case, Reaffirming DMCA

News & Events, USApril 18, 2013

A trial court resolved outstanding issues in the long-running Viacom v. YouTube copyright case today, exonerating the online video service and dismissing the complaint. The plaintiffs wanted YouTube penalized for infringement on its platform committed by users, notwithstanding that YouTube had removed content upon complaint — on one occasion, even taking down 100,000 videos overnight. After an appellate decision…

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CCIA Sees Problems With Expanding Federal Wiretapping Scope, Penalties

Online Privacy, Security Action This Week

CCIA Applauds Senate Judiciary Committee Updates To Privacy Laws

Panelists Discuss Future Internet Governance At World Press Freedom Day Event

The Underestimated Challenge for E-Commerce in Europe: Non-Notification of National Laws

US District Court Resolves Viacom v. Youtube Case, Reaffirming DMCA

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