Republicans urge action on several tech priorities
The Mercury News reports that “GOP House leaders Thursday pressed Speaker Nancy Pelosi to move quickly on several tech priorities, including allowing more skilled workers from overseas. In a letter [...]
Mom-and-pop shops tell House Committee on Small Business that affordable Internet access could be a matter of survival
Internetnews.com reports that “[t]he House Committee on Small Business took a look at the issue [of Internet taxation] today, hearing testimony from online mom-and-pop shops who are urging Congress to [...]
Software Freedom Law Center takes Monsoon Media to court for allegedly failing to abide by requirements of GPL
CNetNews.com writes that “[a] legal team enforcing the most widely used license in the open-source and free software movement has shown that it's not afraid to take its cases all [...]
What Have You Done for Us Lately, SCOTUS?
Our friend Andrew Noyes attempts to answer that question for the Tech industry over at National Journal's Tech Daily Dose. Thankfully, SCOTUS had our backs this session. The Court helped [...]
Help Us Keep the Broadband Taxman At Bay
As the Wall Street Journal highlighted on today's editorial page, the Internet Access Tax Moratorium is set to expire on November 1st and the Taxman is ready to "cometh." The [...]
Polish efforts in the World of IT Innovation
I (Izabela Kowalczuk, a Warsaw University law student and ACT's Polish intern) just came back to Washington, DC from the Economic Forum in Krynica, Poland the largest economic conference in [...]