Washington — Ahead of a House Ways & Means Committee hearing on China tariffs Thursday, the Computer & Communications Industry Association joined dozens of other industries in a letter to leaders about the harm the tariffs would cause. The letter encourages Congress to work with the Administration to come up with a more effective strategy…
Washington — The House Judiciary Committee convenes on Wednesday to mark up legislation that will significantly change the regulation of online music. Included among the bills that the Committee plans to mark up is the Music Modernization Act, which aims to modernize the licensing of digital music rights. The legislation also includes titles which partially…
Brussels, BELGIUM — The Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) has ruled on the question of whether France needed to notify the European Commission before passing a law impacting Europe’s Digital Single Market (DSM). Under EU rules, Member States must communicate to the Commission any draft technical regulations that relate to the taking-up or…
Washington — The Computer & Communications Industry Association has filed an amicus brief in the Supreme Court of the United States case involving online taxation. When the high court hears South Dakota v. Wayfair, Overstock.com, and Newegg, CCIA urged Justices not to depart from precedent which limits states’ ability to tax outside their borders. CCIA…
Washington, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit ordered the transfer of petitions for review of the FCC’s recent order that repealed the 2015 Open Internet rules to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. The D.C. Circuit has heard three separate appeals regarding net neutrality in this decade. Last week,…
Washington — Ahead of today’s G7 Meeting of Innovation and Employment Ministers, the Computer & Communications Industry Association along with several other associations released a joint statement on one of the Canadian Presidency’s major themes for the G7 – preparing for jobs of the future. CCIA and others urged leaders of the world’s largest economies…
Washington — The Computer & Communications Industry Association, which has fought to preserve open internet access for more than two decades, filed its petition today to intervene in the net neutrality case before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. CCIA has standing to directly intervene in this action because many of members will be affected…
Vienna, Austria — The Computer & Communications Industry Association is leading a delegation of tech companies to meet with Austrian policymakers ahead of the upcoming Austrian Presidency of the Council of the EU. CCIA Europe will also present tech recommendations for how Austrian leaders can help the EU’s economy grow. Austria will will take over…
Washington — The Senate has passed legislation that would narrow critical “Section 230” protections for online companies working with law enforcement to combat human trafficking. Earlier versions of the bill, including one that House Judiciary leadership tried to advance, offered better solutions to patrol for sex trafficking online, while also supporting the efforts of legitimate…
