Washington – Today, the House Judiciary Committee approved H.R. 3086, the Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act, by an overwhelmingly bipartisan 30-4 vote. The bill would make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxes and on multiple or discriminatory taxation of e-commerce. Action on the bill faces a deadline of November 1, the date on which…
DetailsWashington – Legislation that would prevent the government from searching peoples’ emails without a warrant is a step closer to the finish line. The House bill known as the Email Privacy Act now has 218 bipartisan co-sponsors as of last night. That’s the number needed to pass if the House brings it up for a…
DetailsA majority of the House of Representatives has now co-sponsored H.R. 1852, the Yoder-Graves-Polis legislation that would update to the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) to create a bright-line, warrant-for-content standard. The bill has been steadily gaining momentum in Congress for the past year and has been endorsed by the White House. Any proposed exceptions…
DetailsWashington – Important issues related to Internet interconnection practices and policies have arisen anew in both Congress and the FCC. Rep. Doris Matsui, D-Calif., and Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy offered legislation Tuesday aimed at halting a growing practice that has Open Internet advocates concerned — paid prioritization of Internet traffic delivery. The legislation would…
DetailsBrussels — Intel has lost its appeal in a case finding anti-competitive abuse five years ago. The European Commission found the company had abused its dominant market position and issued its largest antitrust fine ever — 1.06 billion Euros ($1.44 billion US dollars) for offering rebates to customers on the condition they buy all x86…
DetailsWashington – Each side in the legislative fight over patent reform has always treated equally the debate between protecting patented intellectual property and reining in abusive patent troll litigation. But a study by MIT Professor Catherine Tucker has actually quantified the tipping point at which the patent system falls out of balance in favor of abusive patent…
DetailsBrussels – Some taxi drivers have organised a strike today to disrupt European cities in protest against new competitors, particularly Uber. Uber’s application allows consumers to order a car ride from their smartphone, something previously done by dispatchers. The Computer & Communications Industry Association represents a range of technology companies from telecommunications to Internet services and has advocated for decades…
DetailsWashington – The Computer & Communications Industry Association sent a letter to Senator Al Franken, (D-Minn.) today in response to his questions asking about antitrust issues arising from the proposed Comcast/Time Warner merger. There has been concern for both consumers and the overall economy about exacerbating a number of competitive issues in the Internet access, TV distribution,…
DetailsBrussels – European Internet users can continue to visit websites thanks to a lengthy copyright case that the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) resolved today. The ruling found that copies that are inherently made when people browse the Internet do not violate copyright law and those browsing the Internet do not need permission from the…
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