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Surf 's down during Internet boycott
News The French organisers, the Association of Dissatisfied Netsurfers, claimed traffic was down by 65 percent while across the border in Spain, the Association of Internauts reported that visits to some sites fell by 87 percent.
[February 2, 1999, 16:35]
Treaty casts shadow on public domain
News The treaty -- which was proposed by the Bush administration and is backed by Yahoo, the Digital Media Association and other US Webcasters -- generally seeks to extend to Webcasters the same level of international intellectual property protection...
[November 7, 2003, 14:50]
Tom's Schafkopf Express
Downloads The rich history of this game has produced a number of local variations, but the basic outlines have been standardized by the German Schafkopf Association. These and the US-rules from the National Sheepshead Association form the basis of this...
[November 9, 2006, 7:00]
US Report: Gamers believe Activision's 'SiN' carries CIH virus
News People who downloaded the demo immediately were the ones who found themselves infected," said Chris Oltyan, Webmaster for the College Online Gaming Association. Nevertheless, Summers still contends his Activision is the victim of guilt by association.
[July 28, 1998, 10:50]
MEDICAL UPDATE PACKAGE
Downloads The Clinical Handbook has also been ENDORSED BY THE AMERICAN BOARD OF QUALITY ASSURANCE AND UTILIZATION REVIEW PHYSICIANS.A few of the national guidelines included in this Redi-Reference guide include: CARDIOLOGY - American Heart Association...
[July 8, 2002, 8:00]
Grokster, the Supreme Court, and us
News The suit was originally brought by movie studios (represented by the Motion Picture Association of America), record labels (represented by the Recording Industry Association of America) and music publishers and songwriters.
[June 28, 2005, 17:20]
Health committee chair backs database plans
News That is palpable nonsense, but it is being propagated by medical professionals in this country," he added, going on to describe a press release from the British Medical Association on the subject as "scaremongering", and saying that he worried...
[February 28, 2008, 15:47]
Film-swappers face three years' jail
News Joining them at the event will be actress Bo Derek, Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) president Jack Valenti, and Mitch Bainwol, chairman of the Recording Industry Association of America. A forthcoming copyright bill backed by key US...
[November 13, 2003, 7:55]
Blu-ray and HD DVD face-off in Vegas
News The Blu-ray Disc Association introduced Sun and Texas Instruments, along with several games publishers, as the newest members of their group. Companies in the Blu-ray Disc Association include Sony, Hewlett-Packard and Dell among others.
[January 7, 2005, 12:25]
US approves billion-dollar cybersecurity bill
News Harris Miller, president of the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA), said spending tax money was necessary because "academics do follow the money. Eugene Spafford, co-chairman of the Association for Computing Machinery's US chapter...
[November 14, 2002, 7:59]
Handbook of Clinical Anesthesia (ClinAnes)
Downloads Also included are formulas, an electrocardiography atlas, American Heart Association resuscitation protocols, difficult airway algorithms, and malignant hyperthermia protocol.Key FeaturesThis resource is intended to provide anesthesia...
[April 5, 2002, 8:00]
US Report: RealNetworks loses an ally
News Separately, the Association for Competitive Technology (ACT), a Washington, D.C.trade association that has backed Microsoft during the ongoing DOJ antitrust investigation, issued a statement supporting Microsoft in the media player controversy.
[July 29, 1998, 9:28]
File-swapping legal fight gathers steam
News Now groups like the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and their allies in Congress are scrambling for legislation such as the Induce Act that would overturn the 9th Circuit's ruling. Last week's meeting was attended by...
[September 3, 2004, 9:35]
Bill lets Hollywood hack your PC
News The legislation would immunise groups such as the Motion Picture Association of America and the Recording Industry Association of America from all state and federal laws if they disable, block or otherwise impair a "publicly accessible peer-to...
[July 25, 2002, 8:12]
Amazon ups the ante for digitisation
News The guild and association argue that scanning entire copyright works violates copyright law. The Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers are suing Google over its Google Print Library Project.
[November 10, 2005, 17:15]
P2P seeks refuge on West Bank
News He's not worried about legal attacks from the RIAA or the Motion Picture Association (MPA), groups that have successfully shut down many of the most blatant copyright violators online, he said. As the deadline looms this month for what is likely to...
[August 14, 2003, 17:05]
Makers of MP3 players distance themselves from Napster
News Napster is just one file-sharing technology," said Jeff Joseph, vice president of communications for the Virginian-based Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). Manufacturers' move away from Napster underscores an ugly truth for the Recording...
[February 13, 2001, 11:00]
Napster marches back to court
News It's unlikely the judge would rule from the bench on a case this important or complicated'," said Cary Sherman, an attorney for the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Just last week, the RIAA joined the Motion Picture Association of...
[July 25, 2000, 13:39]
Navy raids student pirates
News In the October letter, the Recording Industry Association of America, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and other industry groups warned university officials that some students were using school networks to illegally trade...
[November 26, 2002, 9:51]
Britons reject mobile and digital TV Internet access
News A lot of people feel that digital TV isn't relevant to them, and doesn't offer any extra benefits," said a spokesman at the Consumers' Association. Consumers are not fully aware of the mobile services that are out there," said the Consumers...
[June 20, 2001, 8:42]
