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Reforming the IP laws is your job
Leader We know from previous experience that because IP is such big business, big business will be lobbying intensively to promote its own ideas. There's nothing like licensing law reform to kick off a moral panic: there is no right answer, but everyone...
[December 5, 2005, 12:20]
Dual cores mean double trouble
Leader We understand it is still lobbying Microsoft -- together with other software vendors such as Oracle -- over multi-core licensing issues. The news of impending dual-core chips is an exciting one, raising as it does the prospect of doing more jobs...
[February 8, 2005, 11:10]
EU-wide patents 'move closer'
News Last month, Mueller warned software patent campaigners to focus their attention on lobbying against the EPLA, rather than the Community Patent legislation. The European Commission claimed this week that it was moving closer to passing legislation...
[May 5, 2006, 12:10]
Inside IBM's only European Cloud Centre
News The reason the Irish facility was chosen by IBM for a Cloud Centre was partly down to the presence of the University of Dublin (home of Trinity College) and partly because of stiff lobbying by Michael Martin, Ireland's former Minister for...
[March 3, 2009, 16:21]
Government hints at ISP file-sharing crackdown
News There is a lot of lobbying from major rights holders," he said. The UK government may crack down on ISPs over illegal file-sharing, a senior government official has suggested. Speaking to the BBC, Lord Triesman — the parliamentary under-secretary...
[October 25, 2007, 12:39]
European GPS rival is 'folly' says MP
News Along with others in the satellite community, Grognard had been lobbying Dunwoody and other UK MPs in the Transport Sub-Committee. A committee of MPs has called for a full review of the UK's involvement in the European Galileo satellite-network...
[November 12, 2007, 15:28]
AOL hatches interactive-video unit
News More damaging, the move prompted federal regulators to examine the proposed AOL-Time Warner merger more carefully and opened a window of opportunity for Walt Disney to wage a lobbying crusade against the deal.
[August 17, 2001, 8:30]
Intel to publicly back municipal broadband
News Intel's position is partly in response to strong lobbying by Verizon Communications that helped lead to the passage of a law in Pennsylvania that prohibits cities from offering Internet access to their residents for a fee.
[January 12, 2005, 13:00]
Corporate UK Facing Compliance Time Bomb
Blog FAST is known for acting on behalf of software vendors, launching actions against software pirates, educating businesses and lobbying on behalf of the industry. You would have thought any competent IT department would know the risk to their...
[November 10, 2008, 11:03]
IT think tank opens doors to supporters
News The foundation says it achieved these goals primarily by careful lobbying underpinned by rigorous research. IT think tank the Foundation for Information Policy Research (FIPR) is launching an effort to draw more support from the IT community.
[March 27, 2002, 11:54]
Interpol: Give us the tools to fight cybercrime
News Microsoft will prosecute over 100 phishers over the coming year, and is involved in lobbying for stronger anti-phishing laws. Interpol has called on politicians to help law enforcement officers bring cybercriminals to justice by making it easier...
[March 21, 2006, 12:35]
Gov't U-turns on compulsory ID cards for pilots
News Privacy campaigner Phil Booth, the director of the No2ID lobbying group, criticised the plan. The government has announced that it will drop plans to make ID cards compulsory for airside workers. Pilots and other airside workers will not be forced...
[June 30, 2009, 17:44]
Hollywood named in on-demand conspiracy suit
News In response, Hollywood has tried to pre-empt the tide of technology by aggressively lobbying lawmakers. Digital on-demand movie service Intertainer Tuesday said it filed an antitrust lawsuit against three major Hollywood studios alleging conspiracy...
[September 25, 2002, 6:27]
EU teams with Korea on IPv6 development
News Wilson added there are good reasons to adopt IPv6 worldwide but he hoped there would be less lobbying from parties with a vested interest in pushing rapid adoption of the new technology. In a further boost for the worldwide IPv6 movement, South...
[January 19, 2004, 8:45]
Bush calls for faster broadband rollout
News The hot-button issue has sparked a wave of lobbying for new rules -- and even subsidies -- to help bolster an industry struggling with uneven regulation, high costs and unrealistically low pricing. Technology is a crucial component in America's war...
[June 14, 2002, 11:03]
Sun plays up Java for gaming
News Besides lobbying for Java, the game division will pitch game publishers on servers, software and other infrastructure needed to run online games. Sun Microsystems hopes to open new frontiers for its Java technology by spinning off a division...
[June 4, 2003, 7:49]
Microsoft wins latest round in OpenDocument battle
News It has become something of landmark issue, attracting a flurry of open letters from lobbying groups and industry executives with a vested interest. Standards body Ecma International has created a committee to standardise Microsoft Office document...
[December 13, 2005, 16:15]
P2P seeks refuge on West Bank
News Several groups of peer-to-peer companies have opened trade associations and lobbying branches in Washington, D.C.aiming to show they are legitimate parts of the technology economy. Deep in the tense Jenin refugee camp in the Palestinian West Bank...
[August 14, 2003, 17:05]
Why India said no to the $100 laptop
Leader No doubt, they have been beneficiaries of very enthusiastic lobbying from the OLPC project and its many friends. India's rejection of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) initiative will not surprise anyone who's been following the unfortunate progress...
[July 27, 2006, 17:05]
Microsoft on Trial: Microsoft lawyers grill Netscape CEO
News Wasn't it true that you were lobbying the DoJ to go after Microsoft? Bobbing and weaving like two boxers feeling each other out at the start of a heavyweight bout, Netscape CEO Jim Barksdale and Microsoft's lead council John Warden squared off in...
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