The latest draft of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement raises serious questions about – and potential flaws with – the possibility of including new subject matter in this agreement at the eleventh hour. It is troubling that, after negotiations have been concluded, there is still uncertainty about its scope. ACTA, which would expand international intellectual property…
For many weeks, House Energy & Commerce Committee Chairman Waxman conducted an arduous and excruciating series of negotiations aimed at making peace among stakeholders in the net neutrality debate and trying to draft consensus telecommunications legislation. It was an honorable and serious attempt, but it’s not surprising that fundamental differences among them could not be…
The FCC unanimously has approved details of a plan to bring “super Wi-Fi” to consumers. The FCC voted on the details to transfer so called “white spaces”, the spectrum between TV signals, to unlicensed spectrum that can be used for wireless broadband. This is the biggest release of spectrum in 25 years, and will allow…
Members of the Digital Due Process coalition told Senate Judiciary Committee members they need an update to Electronic Communications Privacy Act to support the growth of new technologies, like cloud computing. CCIA filed a statement for the hearing Wednesday. Senator Leahy closed out the Senate hearing by indicating that staff would be working on this issue even…
Computer & Communications Industry Association President & CEO Ed Black is scheduled to testify Thursday at a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing, “Competition in the Evolving Digital Marketplace.” Antitrust oversight has received more attention since the Obama administration and Black has been an advocate for balanced competition policy for the high tech industry for 25 years.…
The European Parliament has adopted a resolution today that shows the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement may face an uphill battle getting approval in Europe. Written Declaration 12 denounces the secrecy of the international agreement that aims to increase intellectual property enforcement and also warns that the proposed agreement could harm fundamental freedoms and the ecosystem of the Internet.…
The agreement released yesterday between two major stakeholders in the net neutrality debate – an Internet Access Provider, Verizon, and a content provider, Google, — is an important development which has both positive and negative provisions related to an open Internet and Internet freedom. While it should not be too surprising that companies seek to…
Today, the Federal Trade Commission announced a proposed settlement with Intel that attempts to halt the company’s anticompetitive behavior and at least partially reverse its effects. CCIA echoes the comments of Chairman Jon Leibowitz of the FTC who stated that the “sum total of all of [Intel’s] anticompetitive conduct…bolstered Intel’s monopoly and harmed consumers by…
The Computer & Communications Industry Association welcomes the introduction of H.R. 5932, the Organized Retail Theft Investigation and Prosecution Act, by Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va.. The bill would establish an Organized Retail Theft Investigation and Prosecution Unit (ORTIP) in the Department of Justice. CCIA supports efforts to stop organized retail criminals, but previous legislative attempts…
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