Trade group: P2P not illegal or immoral
News In a speech given at a storage technology conference in San Francisco, Consumer Electronics Association chief executive Gary Shapiro blasted the copyright owners' "scorched earth" legal and policy drives.
[September 18, 2002, 8:02]
Copyright foes trade verbal blows
News The DMCA was a very flawed law," CEA president Gary Shapiro said. Shapiro said such requirements would stifle technological development and "put a chokehold on the free flow of information. Copyright owners clashed with consumer electronics makers...
[August 2, 2002, 11:22]
Copyright truce excludes key voices
News CEA president Gary Shapiro is precisely as unyielding as Valenti. We continue to believe that legislation is required to strike the necessary balance between protecting copyrights and consumers' fair use rights," Shapiro said on Tuesday.
[January 15, 2003, 15:45]
Weighing Bush's mixed technology legacy
News Generally, the technology industry has flourished under the Bush administration," said Gary Shapiro, president of the Consumer Electronics Association, the organisation that stages the annual Consumer Electronics Show.
[January 20, 2009, 12:37]
Camera phone clampdown demanded
News We hope that consumers will keep in mind the public responsibility that comes with owning this type of product, and [we] encourage retailers to actively educate their customers about appropriate use of these devices," Gary Shapiro, CEA president...
[November 16, 2004, 15:10]
US Justice Department ready to prosecute file-swappers
News Gary Shapiro, president of the Consumer Electronics Association, said he was sceptical about the view that peer-to-peer piracy should be a criminal offense. John Malcolm, a deputy assistant attorney general, said Americans should realise that...
[August 21, 2002, 7:51]
