Sharman Networks.should be held accountable by US laws, which clearly indicate that what they are doing is illegal, and that they should not profit from it," the trade associations said. The Motion Picture Association of America and the Recording...
As they pursue file trading software companies such as Sharman Networks in court, the big copyright holder trade associations are increasingly trying to stem net piracy at its source. Trade groups for the record and film industries are turning up...
Not until people become more accustomed to reading books on PCs, say traders and industry associations. Earlier this month, the Association of American Publishers, a trade association whose members include Scholastic and software publishers...
Several groups of peer-to-peer companies have opened trade associations and lobbying branches in Washington DC, aiming to show they are legitimate parts of the technology economy. He's not worried about legal attacks from the RIAA or the Motion...
Over at Intellect, the UK high tech trade association, they are focusing on R&D allowances. The association wants the effective R&D rate of tax relief increased to 10 per cent from the current 3.5 to five per cent.
US President Bush and Senator John Kerry have both responded to a questionnaire on technology policy from the Computing Technology Industry Association, weighing in on such pressing issues as internet telephony and intellectual-property protection...