Talking Like a Pirate? Good. Acting Like One? Bad.
Happy International Talk Like a Pirate Day! While talking like a pirate (“Ahoy, matey!”) might be fun and games, ACTING like a pirate by stealing or sharing music, movies, and software is not. Many people think that piracy is an issue that only affects large software, music, and movie companies, but as we have seen from recent reports, small- and medium-sized businesses are preyed upon as well.
New Study: Decrease Piracy, Increase Economic Growth
The Business Software Alliance’s new impact study on software piracy was released this week and we’re happy to see that it supports what we’ve been saying all along: protecting IP means creating jobs.
On price and value
As this cartoon points out, the iPhone apps business isn’t all fame and fortune. Customers who don’t hesitate spending $5 on a quick, fancy cup of coffee think twice before [...]
A Rational Shift in the Net Neutrality Debate?
At ACT, we’ve taken great interest in the media coverage of a possible pending broadband deal between Verizon and Google. While we know nothing more than what’s been reported in [...]
New SEC Regulatory Proposal Suggests Ban on Non-Open Source Programming
ACT submitted comments this week to the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding its proposed new rule to increase transparency in the Asset-Backed Securities (ABS) market. ACT supports added transparency in [...]
ACT Statement on FTC-Intel Settlement
President of the Association for Competitive Technology, Jonathan Zuck, issued the following statement on the Intel-FTC settlement announced today. This agreement brings to a close the Commission’s case against Intel [...]