Broadband's Impact
State Media: China Launches National Internet TV
WASHINGTON, December 29, 2009 – China’s national broadcaster has launched the country’s first national internet television, state media reported Tuesday.
Copyright
DHS
Big Media Meets Law Enforcement at White House; Biden Announces Focus on Intellectual Property Theft
WASHINGTON, December 16, 2009 – The U.S. is committed to an inter-agency process for combating piracy of American intellectual property, Vice President Joseph Biden said Tuesday during a press availability with top law enforcement officials. Appearing at the White House complex with U.S. Attorney G
Copyright
Biden, Top Officials and Executives To Discuss Intellectual Property
WASHINGTON, December 14, 2009 – Vice President Joe Biden is scheduled to hold a roundtable discussion Tuesday on the Obama Administration’s commitment to enforcing laws against intellectual property infringement. “This White House meeting is the first of its kind, and will bring together all of the
Copyright
Content Groups Link Copyright Infringement to Net Neutrality Rules
December 8, 2009 – The Songwriters Guild of America is the latest intellectual property-focused group weighing into the debate about whether the government should take steps to regulate internet access to support so-called Net neutrality principles. The group claims [http://www.songwritersguild.com/
David Coen
Broadband People Column: Victoria Espinel Confirmed For Top Intellectual Property Post
WASHINGTON, December 4, 2009 – The Senate has confirmed Victoria Espinel to be the first U.S. Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator. Her job will be to craft the nation’s next intellectual property strategy. Though former President George Bush created the position of U.S. Coordinator for In
Broadband's Impact
American Cable Association Endorses Time Warner’s Effort to Cap Licensing Costs
WASHINGTON, November 30, 2009 – A trade association representing small and independent cable television providers has endorsed Time Warner Cable’s effort to reign in rising programming licensing fees. The American Cable Association announced on Monday its support for Time Warner’s “Roll Over or Get
Broadband's Impact
How Will Content Evolve With Online Business Models?
WASHINGTON, November 24, 2009 – News reports this week, referencing unnamed sources, stated that one of the biggest media conglomerates in the world is considering more ways to profit from the distribution of its articles online by opting out of Google News and moving into Microsoft’s Bing search en
Verizon
British Internet Service Providers Cry Foul Over Copyright Bill
WASHINTON, November 23, 2009 – British Internet service providers are alarmed by government efforts to enact legislation they claim would place an unfair burden on them to go after alleged copyright infringers online. The U.K. Internet Services Providers’ Association said Friday [http://www.ispa.or
Broadband's Impact
After Criticism, Google Modifies Book Settlement Deal
WASHINGTON, November 14, 2009 – Google and related parties have reached a revised settlement [https://8564700917349138647-a-pressatgoogle-com-s-sites.googlegroups.com/a/pressatgoogle.com/googlebookssettlement/amended-agreement/Amended-Settlement-Agreement.pdf?attachauth=ANoY7crwLRkeekv2FBpY9liWEs5cX
FCC
Citing Copyright, NBC's Rick Cotton Promotes Filtering Illegal Content Online
In an interview for C-SPAN’s “The Communicators” series scheduled to air on Saturday, Rick Cotton, executive vice president and general counsel of NBC Universal, discussed his views about online piracy and counterfeiting – particularly with recent developments regarding the Internet and the pending
FCC
Will Copyright Issues Interfere With the National Broadband Plan?
WASHINGTON, October 7, 2009 – A panel discussion last week about what can be done to protect copyrighted content over the Internet united discussions of intellectual property protection with the congressionally-mandated effort to create a national broadband plan.
House Judiciary
Phantom Signals to be a Ghost of Satellite Legislation
The American Cable Association praised the House and Senate Judiciary Committees for recently passing bills that would change the rule allowing for redistribution of copyrighted content by cable television operators. ACA said the rule had been a financial burden on small and mid-sized cable operator
FCC
Is There a Role For Content Protection in the FCC's National Broadband Strategy?
WASHINGTON, September 17, 2009 – Panelists with divergent viewpoints weighed in at the Federal Communications Commission workshop on September 17 on the question of whether the U.S. broadband policy should take cognizance of intellectual property issues such as copyright infringement
Broadband's Impact
Is 'Broadband' Just Another Name for the Internet?
WASHINGTON, June 1, 2009 – This week marks the 19th annual conference, about “Computers, Freedom and Privacy,” which is hosted this week in Washington, D.C.
Infrastructure
Digital Natives May Force Rethinking on Copyright, Privacy and Broadband
WASHINGTON, October 16 – As a part of its burgeoning lecture and discussion series, “DC Talks”, Google’s Washington office on Wednesday featured Berkman Center Director and Harvard Law Professor John Palfrey and his new book, Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives.
FCC
HDNet Founder Mark Cuban and Google Spar Over Copyright at FCC Hearing
July 21 – The founder of a high-definition cable television channel and a top content official with Google sparred at an FCC field hearing on Monday over the role that search engines should play in policing broadband content for copyright violation.
