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 promote censorship. The ruling by Europe’s highest court means that any individual there can demand that thousands of Internet companies remove links to…
Brussels – The EU’s highest court has issued a ruling Tuesday on a case that has been dubbed the “right to be forgotten” on the Internet. The ruling means people can demand links and information leading to links be taken down by search engines and other companies that provide online links. The Computer & Communications…
Washington – The Computer & Communications Industry Association has supported disruptive competition and innovation for more than 40 years. Today it launched a website, ConsumerTVChoice.net, to promote competition and choice in the so-called TV set-top box marketplace. The Computer & Communications Industry Association has supported Congress’s renewal of Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act, which…
Washington – The Computer & Communications Industry Association sent a letter to the FCC and Chairman Wheeler that praises their long-standing commitment to protecting the open Internet and asking them not to propose new rules that would allow discriminatory practices by phone and cable Internet access providers. In the letter CCIA said altering the framework that has historically prevented discrimination…
Washington – The House Intelligence Committee approved the USA Freedom Act today, which would curtail bulk collection and storage of Americans’ phone metadata by the U.S. government. The bill matches the one the House Judiciary Committee passed yesterday. The Computer & Communications Industry Association has testified on this issue for years, advocating restraint on bulk…
Washington – The White House released the results of the Big Data review, which the president received today. The review consisted of two reports, one focused on policy, which was coordinated by John Podesta, Counselor to the President. The other, which was prepared by the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), focused…
Washington – Two patent Supreme Court rulings Tuesday could help sort out when the losing party should be responsible for paying the legal fees of the winner in patent lawsuits. The Supreme Court found that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which handles all patent appeals, was making it nearly impossible to…
CCIA’s Ali Sternburg, camped out overnight at the Supreme Court this week to get a seat for oral arguments in the Aereo case. She filed this post for CCIA’s Disruptive Companies (DisCo) blog on how the Justices appear to be focusing their attention after listening to questions and answers, including several on how a ruling in this…
Washington – The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments today in a case that could impact the future of cloud computing and TV watching. The Aereo case could turn on how the justices interpret the definition of a public performance – whether Internet users transmitting content to themselves constitutes a public performance, which means they…
