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US file-sharing bill faces speedy vote

...start to break the internet," said Ed Black, chief executive of the Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA). "Nobody is arguing that copyright infringement doesn... Read more

30 September, 2010 by Greg Sandoval

Brace yourselves: MS remedy day nears

...the next few months. On Monday, the court agreed to allow the Computer and Communications Industry Association and the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA... Read more

24 May, 2000 by Mary Jo Foley

Microsoft $1bn schools offer 'would inflict great harm'

...against it would inflict "great harm" upon the technology markets, said the Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA) in a letter to the judge overseeing... Read more

27 November, 2001 by Matt Loney

US Report: Microsoft EU exemption opposed

The Computer and Communications Industry Association announced on Friday that it has filed comments... Read more

13 July, 1998 by ZDNet

Europe assisting US with IBM antitrust probe

...continuing to monitor the mainframe market, said Todd. US industry association the Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA) said the DOJ inquiry was related to... Read more

9 October, 2009 by Tom Espiner

Google Books opposition stacks up on deadline

...library terminals and institutional subscriptions sold to university and research libraries. The Computer and Communications Industry Association filed a brief in support of Google's... Read more

9 September, 2009 by Tom Krazit
Weighing Bush's mixed technology legacy

Weighing Bush's mixed technology legacy

George W Bush's arrival at the White House brought with it the real promise of a real focus on technology. Then came 9/11, and that initial enthusiasm fell by the wayside Read more

20 January, 2009 by Declan McCullagh

Supreme Court to hear case on 'obviousness' of patents

...the first place", argued Will Rodger, director of public policy for the Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA). CCIA's members include Google, Microsoft, Red... Read more

28 November, 2006 by Anne Broache

Google joins OpenDocument group

...arriving very rapidly," said Will Rodger, director of public policy at the Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA). Stephen O'Grady, an analyst at RedMonk... Read more

13 July, 2006 by Elinor Mills

Where the lobbying power lies

...of Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer. Ed Black, the president of the Computer and Communications Industry Association, boasted a $980,000 salary in 2004. That... Read more

29 March, 2006 by Declan McCullagh

EC's proposed antitrust fine 'too low'

...The software giant has reached settlements with Sun, Novell, RealNetworks and the Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA), which involve payments of $700m (£405m), $536m... Read more

28 December, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

Microsoft's legal problems not over yet

...with AOL Time Warner. Microsoft also settled a lawsuit with IBM. The Computer and Communications Industry Association — another critic that was a vocal agitator in... Read more

12 October, 2005 by Dawn Kawamoto and Declan McCullagh

Supreme Court rules against file swapping

America's top judges have found against Grokster and StreamCast, ruling that peer-to-peer services can be held responsible for copyright infringements committed by their users Read more

27 June, 2005 by John Borland

CCIA sticking to its guns

...to take a settlement payment from Microsoft. The Washington DC-based CCIA (Computer and Communications Industry Association) this month put to bed an antitrust suit... Read more

25 November, 2004 by Jo Best

It can pay to criticise Microsoft

...report in the Financial Times indicated that Ed Black, head of the Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA), received almost half the $19.75m paid... Read more

25 November, 2004 by Andrew Donoghue

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