McCain Proposes Technology Tax Credit for Small Business
By William G. Korver, Reporter, BroadbandCensus.com WASHINGTON, June 10 – Presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain said Tuesday that, if elected president, he would propose and sign into...
View ArticleComcast-BitTorrent, Wireless Net Neutrality Issues Stir Debate at Broadband...
WASHINGTON, June 14 – Critics and proponents of Network Neutrality squaring off on the topic on Friday agreed that recent actions by both cable and wireless providers had had re-vivified the debate...
View ArticleFree 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,...
View ArticleCWA Wants Better Broadband Data, As Does Internet for Everyone
Blog Entries 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...
View ArticleThe Internet: More Than Digital Voice or High-Definition Television
From BroadbandCensus.com Weekly Report DALLAS, May 4, 2009 – Broadband is and must be more than better-quality voice signals, higher-definition television, and more digital products bundled together,...
View ArticleCDT Looks Back and Ahead at Privacy
WASHINGTON, June 30, 2009 – Even though it has been nearly a decade since effective pro-privacy legislation had been passed by Congress or pushed by the Federal Trade Commission, Center for Democratic...
View ArticleIntroducing BroadbandCensus.com's People Column: Facebook Makes Changes
Giving Tech A Voice As Facebook increases its Washington presence, Andrew Noyes will be putting the pen down to join the company next month as manager of public policy communications. Noyes has been a...
View ArticleObama Names Former Bush Official as White House Cybersecurity Czar
WASHINGTON, December 22, 2009 – President Obama finally announced Tuesday that Howard Schmidt will serve as White House cyber security coordinator. “The very email you are reading underscores our...
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From the Department of Bogus Statistics: Measuring the Impact of Piracy and...
SAN FRANCISCO, April 29, 2010 – Measuring the impact of the U.S. legal doctrine of “fair use,” which enables online activities such as search, limited copying, sharing, ripping, mixing and burning...
View ArticleDon’t Turn YouTube Into The Boob-Tube, Plead Its Users
SAN FRANCISCO, June 1, 2010 – A group of individuals who have successfully used YouTube to gain prominence in their fields on Friday jumped into the legal fight between media giants Viacom and Google...
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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...
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ACTA: International Trade Negotiators Drop ISP Liability, Anti-Circumvention...
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...
View ArticleHerdict Project Receives $1.5 Million in Funding
WASHINGTON, September 9, 2010 – The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University has received a $1.5 million grant for its Herdict project. The grant was given by Omidyar Network, an...
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Court Ruling Recasts Notion of Ownership of Books, Movies, Music, Software in...
"YourSoft?" Maybe Not, If It Comes With A License SAN FRANCISCO, September 10, 2010 — A federal appeals court ruling on Friday could eventually end the huge secondary market that has bloomed online in...
View ArticleFCC Chief Touts Broadband Benefits to Ebay’s Top Sellers
WASHINGTON, September 17, 2010 – FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski told a group of top sellers on eBay this week that they, more than anyone, know about the importance of broadband to the success of the...
View ArticleMore Than 1,300 Firms Urge Lawmakers to Extend R&D Tax Credit
WASHINGTON, November 17, 2010 – Approximately 1,300 organizations sent a letter to lawmakers urging them to enact legislation extending research and development tax provisions which the group says are...
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U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Domain Name Blocking Bill Aimed At...
Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt WASHINGTON, November 19, 2010 – The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday unanimously approved legislation that would provide the U.S. Justice Department with enhanced...
View ArticleAnalysis: Apple Widens Tablet Market Gap With iPad 2, But Will Wireless Benefit?
WASHINGTON, March 17, 2011 – Apple’s initial iPad 2 sales and projections for 2011 say while that Apple probably will not face much competition in tablet sales, the competition for wireless data plans...
View ArticleSenate Committee Passes PROTECT IP Act But Wyden Issues Quick Halt
WASHINGTON May 27, 2011 – The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approved the Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act, or PROTECT IP Act on...
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How Internet Companies Are Driving a Public Utility Regulation Approach to...
WASHINGTON, September 12, 2014 – In what would have seemed highly unlikely just a few months ago, growing support for public utility regulation is emerging. Tech companies, politicians, internet...
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