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Think tank urges Microsoft breakup

The Progress and Freedom Foundation, a conservative Washington think tank, is suggesting a new... Read more

28 January, 2000 by Mary Jo Foley

Supreme Court to hear case on 'obviousness' of patents

...are gaming the system," said Jim DeLong, a senior fellow at the Progress and Freedom Foundation. "This results in a diversion of creative energy away... Read more

28 November, 2006 by Anne Broache

FTC head sceptical about Net neutrality laws

...for the choices they want," Majoras told a luncheon audience at the Progress and Freedom Foundation's annual conference. Majoras' comments come as the Senate... Read more

22 August, 2006 by Declan McCullagh

Europe defends online broadcasting plans

Commissioner Viviane Reding says the Television Without Frontiers directive will help businesses, but many big Internet players are wary of regulation Read more

15 June, 2006 by Tom Espiner

RIAA's next moves in Washington

The RIAA's Mitch Bainwol and Cary Sherman talk about the music industry, Congress, and copy protection technology Read more

26 May, 2006 by Declan McCullagh

Lobbyists prepare for next software patent battle

...again," Schmalz reportedly said at a conference held by pro-patent organisation Progress and Freedom Foundation (PFF). "And I hope this time we will be... Read more

23 January, 2006 by Ingrid Marson

Sun rises on open DRM

...announce the long-brewing project, called the Open Media Commons, at the Progress and Freedom Foundation's Aspen Summit on Monday. The software the company... Read more

22 August, 2005 by Stephen Shankland

Anti-spam laws may 'do more harm than good'

...his remarks during an afternoon speech at a conference organised by the Progress and Freedom Foundation, a group whose stated mission is to "educate policymakers... Read more

20 August, 2003 by Declan McCullagh

US Justice Department ready to prosecute file-swappers

...think they ought to be legal," Malcolm told an audience at the Progress and Freedom Foundation's annual technology and politics summit. Malcolm said the... Read more

21 August, 2002 by Declan McCullagh

P3P: Big backers, slow pickup

...expert with Ernst & Young LLP, cites a May 2002 survey by the Progress and Freedom Foundation (PFF) that indicates that 35 percent of the most... Read more

11 June, 2002 by Suzanne Thornberry

Bush snubs tech VC for commerce post

...already is experiencing a virtual breakdown," said Jeffrey Eisenbach, president of the Progress and Freedom Foundation. Eisenbach said halting a "high-tech meltdown" will require... Read more

20 December, 2000 by Patrick Ross

HP's Fiorina backs Net regulation

...a group of high-powered policy makers and industry leaders attending the Progress and Freedom Foundation's Aspen Summit. "There is a role for legislation... Read more

23 August, 2000 by Ben Charny

The guerilla approach to Net privacy

...Nearly as popular, Pew found in its survey presented Tuesday at the Progress and Freedom Foundation's Aspen Summit, was giving a secondary email address... Read more

23 August, 2000 by Ben Charny

First World, not World Wide, Web

...the Internet into the undeveloped world," said Jeff Eisenach, president of the Progress and Freedom Foundation. Any such plan would be impossible to put into... Read more

13 July, 1999 by Maria Seminerio

Peer-to-peer pirates face prosecution

...think they ought to be legal," Malcolm told an audience at the Progress and Freedom Foundation's annual technology and politics summit. Malcolm said the... Read more

21 August, 2002 by CNET Networks

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