International
ICANN Names New Leadership
SAN FRANCISCO, September 10, 2010 – The body responsible for managing the world’s domain name system named seven new individuals to leadership positions earlier this week.
CCIA
The Computer and Communications Industry Association, founded in 1972, is an international nonprofit trade association that represents major technology companies. from its founding, it has advocated for open markets, open systems, and open networks.
Copyright
Prospects For Global Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement in 2010 Appear Dim
SAN FRANCISCO, September 9, 2010 — The European Union might drop out of a global intellectual property enforcement agreement between the United States, Japan and other countries because of too many compromises in the two most recent rounds of negotiations, said the European Union’s Trade Commissione
Copyright
ACTA: International Trade Negotiators Drop ISP Liability, Anti-Circumvention Provisions Still In
SAN FRANCISCO, September 7, 2010 – International trade negotiators have dropped a controversial secondary liability provision regarding online copyright infringement, but still appear to be haggling over the anti-circumvention provisions, a leaked copy of an August version of the Anti-Counterfeiting
Broadband Live
At Breakfast Club, USTR Official Defends Process and Goals of Trade Agreement
WASHINGTON, July 14, 2010 – Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Intellectual Property Stanford McCoy defended the process and goals of the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement at the Intellectual Property Breakfast Club on Tuesday [https://broadbandbreakfast.com/2010/07/tech-and-con
Broadband Breakfast
Tech and Content Industry Still at Loggerheads Over Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Deal
WASHINGTON, July 13, 2010 – Major U.S. technology companies are worrying over an international trade agreement currently under negotiations because they see it as putting them on shaky legal ground. At the third Intellectual Property Breakfast Club held by BroadbandBreakfast.com, panelists argued o
Intellectual Property
BroadbandBreakfast.com’s Intellectual Property Breakfast Club Holds FREE Event on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement Featuring USTR Lead Negotiator Stanford McCoy on July 13
WASHINGTON, July 8, 2010 – Negotiators for the United States government on intellectual property and innovation have just returned from international negotiations in Switzerland on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. A member of the United States Trade Representative and other experts will speak on the controversial treaty at BroadbandBreakfast.com’s Intellectual
Copyright
Silicon Valley Fears Big Liabilities In Small Print of Proposed Trade Agreement
SAN FRANCISCO, July 1, 2010 –The office of the United States Trade Representative said Thursday that its negotiators had “made progress in building consensus,” over specific provisions in a controversial global intellectual property agreement — but it’s unlikely that whatever consensus they reached
Transparency
White House Releases Open Government Directive Mandating Transparency
WASHINGTON, December 8, 2009 – The White House on Tuesday sent an open government directive [http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/asset.aspx?AssetId=2150] to every federal department and agency with instructions on actions that should be taken to make their operations more open to the public, according to
Iran
Former Googler in Obama Administration at Cross-Hairs of Net Neutrality Debate
WASHINGTON, November 25, 2009 – The rhetoric surrounding whether the Federal Communications Commission should move forward with rules to regulate internet access to support the principle of network neutrality took on new legs this week when a government official – a former top policy official at Goo
Broadband Mapping and Data
Broadband Data Collection Must Be Thorough and Transparent, Say Experts
WASHINGTON, May 10, 2009 – Broadband data collection needs to be more thorough and more transparent than currently existing models, a range of academic experts, builders of telecommunications infrastructure, and a key senator said last week.
Benton
Rural Utilities Service Outlines Its 'Community Connect' Rules
DALLAS, May 4, 2009 – Regulations have not yet been issued regarding the federal government’s program to invest $7.2 billion in broadband networks, but experts inside and outside of government took their best shot at explaining the program’s contours at the Broadband Properties conference here.
states
Logged On and Not Locked Out, at Internet for Everyone Event in North Carolina
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, March 14, 2009 – More than 120 people from across North Carolina convened last Saturday here for a “town hall”-style meeting, by InternetforEveryone.org, seeking to raise the profile about the importance of broadband in the lives of everyday citizens. The next town hall is Ma
FCC
With Stimulus Fight Complete, Advocates Shift Focus to Universal Service
WASHINGTON, February 16, 2009 – With $7.2 billion in fiscal stimulus grants and loans marked to expand broadband infrastructure, industry groups, consumer advocates and some state regulators are supporting a proposal to fund broadband for low income households by tapping into the Universal Service F
Recovery Act
'Open Access' in Broadband Stimulus Legislation Praised by Industry Groups, Internet Activists
WASHINGTON, February 12, 2009 – The “open access” provisions of the broadband stimulus package currently before Congress was praised by technology industry officials and network neutrality activists during a conference call on Wednesday afternoon.
Expert Opinion
CWA Wants Better Broadband Data, As Does Internet for Everyone
WASHINGTON, July 17 – Communications Workers of America this past week teamed up with a group of telecommunications companies, cable operators and non-profit groups to push for Congress to pass broadband data legislation. Internet for Everyone also wants better broadband.
FCC
Free Press, Google and Others Form Pro-Broadband Initiative
NEW YORK, June 24 – A group of non-profits, businesses and other organizations seeking to guide the creation of a national broadband plan on Tuesday announced the formation of a new initiative, “Internet for Everyone,” seeking the highlight the crucial importance of broadband.
