WASHINGTON, October 28, 2010 - The Federal Communications Commission’s Enforcement Bureau hit Verizon Wireless with a record $25 million payment to the government for mystery fees...
WASHINGTON, October 28, 2010 - The Federal Communications Commission’s Office of Managing Director is seeking donations for the agency's new FCC Technology Experience Center, although was...
WASHINGTON, October 28, 2010 - Many content makers have called upon the Federal Communications Commission to protect their ability to distribute content via the internet, yet...
Mainland Chinese authorities will begin a new round of crackdowns on digital piracy and against the traffickers of counterfeit goods at the end of October, according...
French authorities have started to send out warning letters to individuals suspected of copyright infringement online, and a whole cottage industry of lawyers and technologists has...
Five of Russia's largest internet companies have called for an update of its copyright laws, according to the wire news service Agence France Press. "We believe...
Google has partnered with three digital music providers to launch a new online music service to increase broadband usage and stave off internet piracy, according to...
China's official newspaper recently criticized Apple's iPAD because users must pay for music and movies, according to a recent report in The Christian Science Monitor.
Viacom has hired former Solicitor General Theodore Olson to appeal an unfavorable outcome in a billion dollar copyright infringement lawsuit that came down this June, according...
Copyright holders in the French music industry are reporting a staggering 25,000 "music-related" infringements to the country's top enforcement authority on a daily basis, according to...
San Francisco, October 25th, 2010 -- Cablevision Systems on Monday accused Fox Television parent News Corp of violating federal regulations that govern the terms of negotiations...
LONDON, October 25, 2010 - The U.K. government has decided to tap into the BBC’s income to help pay the estimated $1.35 billion cost of deploying...
The interim chief of the Motion Picture Association of America on Thursday urged lawmakers in Japan to enact new legislation that would mandate the disconnection of...
WASHINGTON, October 22, 2010 - Now that all of the broadband stimulus funding has been distributed, its effectiveness can now be evaluated. That was the message...
WASHINGTON, October 21, 2010 - The Federal Communications Commission is highlighting the looming issue of "spectrum crunch" as smart phones and other data-hogging devices eat up...
A Las Vegas realtor who used an excerpt of a local newspaper's article on his promotional web site was exercising his right of fair-use and a...
WASHINGTON, October 20, 2010 -The number of global internet users doubled in the past five years and will surpass the 2 billion mark in 2010, according...
SAN FRANCISCO, October 19th, 2010 -- Senator John Kerry (D-Mass) on Tuesday prodded Federal Communications Chairman Julius Genachowski to take action in the business dispute between...
LONDON, October 18, 2010 - Convergence between fixed and mobile broadband services will be virtually complete by 2015, unified by standards originally developed for multi-room television...
As the landmark dispute over retransmission consent fees between Fox and Cablevision threatens to drag on through Tuesday, New York area baseball fans who are also...
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is continuing to battle an emerging phenomenon known in some legal circles as “copyright trolls,” companies that have been set up to...
When Washington thinks about the "broadband stimulus," what should it remember? The federal government spent nearly $7 billion on new, broadband-related activities, that in many respects...
The United States Patent and Trademark Office has approved a patent application from Apple that would "prevent users from sending or receiving 'objectionable' content," reports the...
WASHINGTON, October 15, 2010 - The recent Federal Communications Commission recent open meeting looked to progress the chairman’s goal of improving consumer welfare. The issues spanned...
Cablevision customers may be cut off from watching baseball in upcoming days if a business dispute between the cable company and a local broadcaster isn't resolved...
SAN FRANCISCO, October 14, 2010 -- As expected, the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday ordered cable companies to make their programming more accessible to device manufacturers...
WASHINGTON, October 14, 2010 - The internet and intellectual property news service BroadbandBreakfast.com announces the second event in its Fall 2010 – 2011 Broadband Breakfast Club...
WASHINGTON, October 14, 2010 - BroadbandBreakfast.com on Wednesday released the video, for free, of the October Intellectual Property Breakfast Club event on the issue of "Finding...
WASHINGTON, October 14, 2010 - It's not a surprise that "bill shock" is a problem. The Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday released a white paper on...
WASHINGTON, October 13, 2010 - The United States plans to take actions to promote broadband similar to other nations, but achieving the goals will be challenging,...
The Business Technology Opportunity Program awards have now been made. Most states have received awards for a combination of Comprehensive Community Infrastructure, Public Computing Center and...
WASHINGTON, October 12, 2010 - The Intellectual Property Breakfast Club on Tuesday, focusing on "Finding Solutions to the Problems of Copyright Infringement," may well focus on...
WASHINGTON, October 11, 2010 - The issue of network neutrality is one that has become an increasing problem around the globe. In the United States, the...
WASHINGTON, October 8, 2010 - FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski Friday morning spoke at a privacy and security event where he unveiled new web pages from his...
LONDON, October 7, 2010 - The U.K. regulator Ofcom has shied away from enforcing network neutrality, but has urged service providers to be more transparent about...
WASHINGTON, October 7, 2010 – The International Telecommunications Union this week opened its three-week conference in Mexico with a call by its secretary general for delegates...
SAN FRANCISCO, October 5, 2010 -- Global trade negotiators on Tuesday released what they're calling the final draft of a anti-counterfeiting trade agreement that also addresses...
WASHINGTON, October 6, 2010 - The final day of the Telecommunications Policy Research Conference looked at broadband adoption and universality. The problems addressed are key in...
WASHINGTON, October 5, 2010 - Consumers are willing to pay a large amount to upgrade their internet access speeds from slow to fast, but are more...
American and European trade representatives said Monday that they've successfully concluded talks concerning a global anti-counterfeiting trade agreement, and they're ready to release the draft sometime...
