Washington, DC- Today’s Supreme Court decision declining to hear the expedited appeal of the Microsoft ruling finding that the company acted in violation of anti-trust laws will have little impact on the ultimate decision on that funding, or as to whether the software giant should be broken up due to its anti-competitive practices. “While we…
Washington, DC- Today, the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) joined with others in industry and the technology community in filing two amicus curiae briefs in the Napster v. A&M Records case before the Federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. While not taking a position on Napster’s potential liability as a contributory or vicarious copyright infringer, the…
Washington, DC- The Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) and the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) of America today filed and amicus curiae brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of the motion by the Justice Department and State Attorneys General for direct review of the U.S. v. Microsoft decision. The government’s motion under the…
CCIA PRESIDENT EXPLAINS THE IMPACT OF THE STATEMENT OF OBJECTION Washington, DC- “Today’s announcement by the European Commission issuing a Statement of Objection to Microsoft regarding the company’s monopoly in the desktop operating system market and its related conduct in the server market, is one more official finding by a government body that Microsoft’s illegal…
Washington, DC- The Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) expressed reservations about today’s announcement by Microsoft of its plans to make available a patch to its Internet Explorer web browser that would prompt users whenever they visit a website that attempts to drop a cookie from a third party. “This looks very much like another…
Washington, DC- The Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA), criticized the FBI’s use of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) process to further other, unrelated policy goals in reviewing the sale of Verio Inc. to NTT America. Those policy goals may include exerting pressure on the Japanese government to lower interconnection…
Letter sent to Administration asks for reevaluation of current government plans Washington, DC- The Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA), along with the American Electronics Association (AEA) and the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA), sent a letter to the Administration that expressed concern regarding the developing trend of governments’ role in electronic commerce.…
CCIA in conjunction with two other associations sends letter of support Washington, DC- The Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) sent a letter in conjunction with the American Electronics Association (AEA) and the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), to House Majority Leader Richard Armey, Congressman Billy Tauzin and Congressman Bob Goodlatte in support of…
Washington, DC- We are very pleased that Judge Jackson has supported the request of the Justice Department and State Attorneys General to expedite Microsoft’s appeal of his ruling to the Supreme Court. Inexplicably, and in contradiction of their own previous statements to the Court, Microsoft now maintains that this case is not “of general public…
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