IA has made great progress on its mission to foster innovation, promote economic growth, and empower people through a free and open internet. As this chapter closes, member companies remain committed to advancing public policy in support of this mission and will continue to work with stakeholders in other capacities. – Board of Directors Statement on IA’s Future – Thus spake ...
How many times have comments about copyright included some variation on the theme “I would not pirate, if the revenue went to the artists instead of big corporations.”? Not only is this sentiment a fallacy based on ignorance about how the creative markets work, but these insincere claims to support the real creators ring especially hollow in context to those ...
“Content is king” was the catch-phrase of the 1990s and the heady (headless really) days of the Dot Com bubble. And although that stopped being a slogan with the resurgence of Web 2.0, it was still true. Content was still king except the would-be tech giants figured out that they didn’t need to create content but instead just make someone ...
I can’t say I was surprised when the Internet Association announced on Friday that the major internet companies would be halting their lobbying efforts against the Stop Enabling Sex Trafficking (SESTA) bill. While representatives for Google, Facebook, and Twitter were enjoying Day Three of occasionally intense inquiry by the Senate Judiciary Committee over foreign meddling in our politics via social ...
As debate over renegotiating NAFTA heats up, the copyright interests will be duking it out with the internet industry over the inclusion, or not, of “safe harbor” provisions akin to Section 512 of the DMCA and Section 230 of the CDA. In a letter dated August 31 to USTR Ambassador Robert Lighthizer, the Internet Association sang its standard refrain on ...
