Computer & Communications Industry Association

Type: Organization

Name: Computer & Communications Industry Association

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 1 reports

Critics condemn proposed internet wiretapping bill

Government officials are reportedly prepping legislation that will require web companies to put FBI used backdoor wiretapping capabilities into their websites.According to The Washington Post, the legislation would affect companies like Google and Facebook. ... [Published V3.co.uk - May 01 2013]

Entities: Wiretapping, Joe Hall, Computer & Communications Industry Association, FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation, CALEA

First reported Apr 07 2013 - Updated Apr 07 2013 - 1 reports

US broadcasters shaken by TV startup’s court win

A startup whose business model is based on tiny antennas receiving over-the-air television for online viewing by subscribers has put the US broadcast industry on the defensive.Aereo made headlines on April 1 with a preliminary court victory over the major ... [Published Taipei Times Online - Apr 07 2013]

Entities: Startup, antennas, Copyright Infringement

First reported Mar 26 2013 - Updated Mar 27 2013 - 1 reports

Intuit Inc

The IRS Threat to Turbo Tax

As a general matter, I think the best reason for government not to go around competing with private industry isn't that doing so inherently diminishes our freedom, but because it's just not worth the effort, and much of the time it isn't going to provide ... [Published TAPPED - Mar 26 2013]

Entities: Intuit Inc, Taxes, Grover Norquist, Threat, Computer & Communications Industry Association

First reported Mar 21 2013 - Updated Mar 22 2013 - 2 reports

Should The Senate Pass Online Sales Tax Legislation?

Currently in the U.S., state governments are only obligated to collect sales taxes from online retailers that are based in their own states. If an online sales tax bill makes it to law, states could collect from online retailers that don’t reside in their ... [Published WebProNews - Mar 21 2013]

Entities: Marketplace, Phil Bond, Taxes, Tax Law

First reported Feb 19 2013 - Updated Feb 19 2013 - 1 reports

Mike Enzi

Tax-News.com: US Congressmen Reintroduce Online Sales Tax Bill

A bipartisan group of 53 Democrat and Republican lawmakers have re-introduced a bill – the Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013 – in both the United States Senate and House of Representatives, which would require online retailers to collect sales tax for ... [Published Tax-News.com - Feb 19 2013]

Entities: Taxes, Marketplace, Mike Enzi, Dick Durbin

First reported Jan 30 2013 - Updated Jan 30 2013 - 1 reports

Google Inc

Social Networks Use Civil Disobedience To Protect User Data

Facebook and Google deserve the criticism they have received over the years for fumbling user privacy. But the two Internet giants, along with Microsoft and Yahoo, also deserve kudos for defying police requests for users' online communications. Defying ... [Published ReadWriteWeb - Jan 30 2013]

Entities: Google Inc, Civil Disobedience, Subpoena

First reported Jan 16 2013 - Updated Jan 17 2013 - 1 reports

Facebook Inc

Facebook Search Could Actually Be Great for Google (Why? Antitrust.)

Please see the disclosure about Facebook in my ethics statement . Because it’s barely launched yet and not fully fleshed out, financial analysts are saying today that they don’t see Facebook’s new search product as a big competitor to Google, for ... [Published All Things Digital - Jan 16 2013]

Entities: Google Inc, Facebook Inc, Antitrust

Quotes

...the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA), which sponsors a "STOP IRS TAKEOVER" campaign and a website calling return-free filing a "massive expansion of the U S government through a big government program."

Money reads: ProPublica on how TurboTax's maker has fought free tax filing [Published Oregonian - May 02 2013]

"The sad irony is that this is likely to be ineffective. Building a communications tool today is a homework project for undergraduates" said Hall

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The IRS Threat to Turbo Tax [Published TAPPED - Mar 26 2013] As a general matter, I think the best reason for government not to go around competing with private industry isn't that doing so inherently diminishes our freedom, but because it's just not worth the effort, and much of the time it isn't going to provide ...
Social Networks Use Civil Disobedience To Prote... [Published ReadWriteWeb - Jan 30 2013] Facebook and Google deserve the criticism they have received over the years for fumbling user privacy. But the two Internet giants, along with Microsoft and Yahoo, also deserve kudos for defying police requests for users' online communications. Defying ...
Facebook Search Could Actually Be Great for Goo... [Published All Things Digital - Jan 16 2013] Please see the disclosure about Facebook in my ethics statement . Because it’s barely launched yet and not fully fleshed out, financial analysts are saying today that they don’t see Facebook’s new search product as a big competitor to Google, for ...