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CCIA Praises WIPO Copyright Developments, Expresses Concern About Secret ACTA Negotiations

News & EventsBy CCIA Staff December 15, 2009

Brussels — On the occasion of the 19th session of the World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) in Geneva, the Computer & Communications Industry Association applauds the parties’ commitment to developing international intellectual property norms in an open and transparent manner. CCIA specifically commends the U.S. Government’s statement…

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CCIA Praises Open Government Launch, Hopes It Brings More Transparency To ACTA Negotiations

News & EventsBy CCIA Staff December 8, 2009

Washington – Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra and Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra announced the launch of administration’s Open Government Plan in a live webcast today. The Internet provides unprecedented tools for openness and transparency in a democracy and the Computer & Communications Industry Association applauds President Obama’s commitment to provide citizens with more information…

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CCIA Announces Panel on Competition and Innovation; Kicks off Series of Papers Examining High-tech Competition Policy

News & EventsBy CCIA Staff November 26, 2009

The Computer & Communications Industry Association will kick off a series of dialogues on competition, innovation and consumer choice with a panel discussion over lunch at the Newseum on Tuesday, October 27. CCIA President & CEO Ed Black will moderate this broad discussion, “Competition Policy as Innovation Policy,” which will take an in depth look…

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Intel Attack On EC Ahead of Findings

News & EventsBy CCIA Staff November 26, 2009

The Computer & Communications Industry Association is offering the following statement in response to new details released by the Financial Times and other news outlets on the latest details of the European Commission’s Intel antitrust investigation. It can be attributed to CCIA President & CEO Ed Black: “We are disappointed that Intel has apparently chosen…

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Internet Freedom Remarks Raise Ire Of Dominant Entities In China, Washington

News & EventsBy CCIA Staff November 24, 2009

President Obama and his deputy technology officer took on Internet censorship in all forms in Washington and Shanghai last week as they spoke about the importance of Internet freedom and openness and the dangers of censorship online – in any form. During his visit to China last Monday Obama told Chinese students in Shanghai that…

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FCC Votes To Begin Designing Nondiscriminatory Internet Access Rules

News & EventsBy CCIA Staff November 22, 2009

The FCC this morning voted to begin a proceeding designed to determine sometime late next year the basic rules necessary to preserve open access to the robust public Internet in the face of exploding bandwidth demand and severe market concentration in the broadband last mile. The largest network operators, which have been the only consistent…

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An Open Letter from Our CEO: Fair Use Doctrine Vital for All of Us

News & EventsBy CCIA Staff November 18, 2009

Fair Use Doctrine Vital for All of Us As proponents of free speech we support the right of the authors of the op-ed “Google and the Copyright Wars” (Nov. 13) to question how much access the public should have to copyrighted information—but we can’t support their misstatement of key facts. They suggest that search engine…

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CCIA Applauds Intel, AMD Settlement

News & EventsBy CCIA Staff November 12, 2009

Intel and AMD have agreed to settle outstanding legal disputes. Intel will pay AMD $1.25 billion as part of the deal to end AMD’s civil lawsuit against Intel for allegedly offering rebates and other measures to ensure companies would not use AMD’s microchips. The Computer & Communications Industry Association has been a long-standing advocate for…

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Update online privacy laws now

Blog, Privacy & SecurityBy CCIA Staff November 11, 2009

Read CCIA’s Blog Post for The Hill’s Congress Blog CCIA’s Comments to FTC on consumer online privacy issues Congress and the Federal Trade Commission are gathering information to consider rules to protect consumer privacy on-line from potential commercial abuse. Efforts at reform are missing the mark if they don’t address the very real privacy concerns…

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