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Internet Taxes, Outdated Legacy Laws and Misguided Child Safety Proposals top list WASHINGTON, Oct. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NetChoice's Fall 2012 iAWFUL list identifies federal and state legislation that will threaten the sustainability of many online services. Top offenders including state tax grabs and outdated regulations that prevent start-ups from correcting market inefficiencies. The number one offender on the iAWFUL list is a cluster of federal bills that would...
Jerry Brown Unlocks the Nation's Digital Future through Open Source Textbook Innovation SACRAMENTO, Calif., Sept. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, Governor Jerry Brown signed a monumental set of bills that create the nation's first free online textbook library, an effort aimed at alleviating the burden of rising costs to students attending California's public postsecondary institutions. California is now set to become the nation's first state to create a digital textbook...
SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In preparation to help service providers expand their product offering and securely validate end-to-end solutions through consulting, assessment, remediation, and support, SecurityMetrics, global provider of payment data security and compliance solutions, today announced its certification as a Point-to-Point Encryption Qualified Security Assessor (P2PE QSA). Not only did SecurityMetrics successfully meet all Payment Card...
The Embassy of Libya loses domain name lawsuit for domains allegedly containing trademarked terms. The ruling states that the Libyan Embassy does not hold trademark on terms in the domain names. Washington, DC (PRWEB) September 20, 2012 Case 1:06-cv-02046-RBW UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA In November 2006, Libya and Embassy of Libya filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia against Ahmad Miski. According to the court...
DURHAM, N.C., Sept. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A Small Orange, a shared, reseller, VPS, and dedicated web hosting company with offices in Durham, NC, has announced its commitment to support the new i2Coalition -- a nonprofit organization comprised primarily of web hosting companies, data centers, and registrars who are dedicated to fostering public policy that supports responsible economic growth within Internet based technologies. The new i2Coalition was developed in response to the...
BURLINGTON, Mass., Sept. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Black Duck Software today announced its inclusion in Software Magazine's Software 500 ranking of the world's largest software and service providers, now in its 30(th) year. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111013/NE85619LOGO ) Helping developers build better software faster by harnessing the power of open source, Black Duck was ranked 383, moving up 23 spots from its 2011 ranking. The company also ranked in the top ten...
Phoenix Center Finds that if the Government is Serious about Promoting Broadband Infrastructure Investment, then it Needs to Stop Sending the Wrong Signals to the Market WASHINGTON, Sept. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a new analysis released today entitled What is the Effect of Regulation on Broadband Investment? Regulatory Certainty and the Expectation of Returns, the Phoenix Center examines the effect of regulation on the investment decisions of Broadband Service...
SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- To combat the rise of financial debilitation by breach compromise fees, SecurityMetrics released SecurityMetrics Assurance, a customized merchant liability reduction program that provides businesses the confidence to meet financial penalties if compromised. The product includes payment card data discovery software, breach coverage, data protection policy, and security consulting. In addition to unlimited use of PANscan®, a software...
From Napster to iTunes to Pandora, the methods by which the public can obtain and share music have rapidly progressed. Future groundbreaking innovations may need to wait, though, as the next generation of technology is being stymied by the very copyright laws that seek to protect the industry, says Michael Carrier, a professor of law at Rutgers–Camden. “There is not enough attention being given to the effect copyright law has on innovation,” Carrier says about the fight against...
Trade Digital Cinema, http://www.tradedigitalcinema.com, a digital media management company, was recently issued a certificate of compliance with Motion Pictures Association of America (MPAA) best practices for content security and a Select Vendor rating from KODE Compliance, Inc. The achievement, made possible with the guidance and expertise of KODE, means that Trade Digital Cinema has met the requirements of the MPAA best practices for content security designed to protect media and film...
