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“Congress and federal regulators should avoid imposing restrictions on ways consumers use computers and other devices to listen to digital music and watch movies, the chief executive of the largest U.S. computer-maker said Wednesday.
The head of Texas-based Dell Inc., Kevin Rollins, also said entertainment companies should work closely with technology firms to build new businesses delivering music and movies to consumers. ”
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The following statement was issued today by Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) President and CEO Gary Shapiro regarding the The Intellectual Property Protection Act (H.R. 2391):
“On behalf of the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), I express grave concern over several titles included in H.R. 2391. This legislation combines several intellectual property-related bills into one piece of omnibus legislation. In total it is a lot like a Clint Eastwood movie. Some of it is good. Some of it is bad. And some of it is downright ugly.
“We support the Artists’ Rights and Theft Protection (ART) segment of this legislation, and we appreciate the willingness of Congress to make accommodations that recognize our concerns.
From the Verizon press release:
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today announced its preferred way to eliminate interference caused by Nextel to public safety communications: a spectrum give-away worth billions of dollars in lost revenue to the U.S. Treasury. Bypassing both Congress and the FCC’s own spectrum auction process, and conferring a multi-billion dollar windfall on Nextel at taxpayer expense, Commissioners took the bizarre step of rewarding Nextel, which acknowledges that its operations cause interference to police, fire department and other public safety communications. Verizon Wireless issued the following statement:
The moratorium on access taxes aimed at dial-up connections, first passed by Congress in 1998 and extended in 2000, expired last November.
The renewed Senate interest in the long-stalled measure came on the same day that President Bush said in a campaign speech, “We must not tax broadband access. If you want broadband access throughout the society, Congress must ban taxes on access.”
Monday’s 74-11 vote forces the issue to the Senate floor, where it is likely to be the target of a number of amendments designed to keep access tax laws temporary and narrow in definition.
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