October 2008
The Tech Policy Smackdown (Sans the Smackdown)
Oct 31, 2008 | As you may have heard, New America Foundation and WIRED planned a debate yesterday that had been advertised as "McCain Read More
Tech Policy Summit Q&A With Chris Shipley
Oct 31, 2008 | We have a treat today for Halloween: the second Q&A with a member of Tech Policy Summit's Advisory Board (click here for our Read More
Appeals Court Rules to Limit Business Method Patents
Oct 30, 2008 | In an update to this morning's post about software patents, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has Read More
IP Experts Slam European Copyright Extension
Oct 30, 2008 | A group of five university professors and researchers have joined together to write an open letter to the European Parliament, Read More
European Patent Office Seeks Decision on Software Patents
Oct 30, 2008 | Ars Technica reports that the European Patent Office (EPO) has called for "much-needed clarity on [software patentability], a highly controversial Read More
Will CA's Video Game Ban End Up In Supreme Court?
Oct 29, 2008 | According to the GamePolitics site, which is run by the Entertainment Consumers Association, the legal dispute over a 2005 California Read More
Global Network Initiative Launches
Oct 29, 2008 | Harvard Law School's Berkman Center for Internet & Society launched its Global Network Initiative site today. The coalition, which was Read More
IT Policy and the Next American President
Oct 29, 2008 | One of our favorite Tech Policy Summit session hosts, Larry Magid, gave a talk last night at Santa Clara University Read More
Suggestions Wanted!
Oct 29, 2008 | If you haven't already done so, please take a few minutes to participate in the planning survey for the Read More
The FCC's Big Election Day Meeting
Oct 29, 2008 | The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has outlined a particularly ambitious agenda for its open meeting on November 4th that could Read More
Google's $125M Book Deal
Oct 28, 2008 | Google is making news again, as word spreads that it has agreed to pay $125 million to settle two lawsuits Read More
Getting The Vote Hour Out
Oct 28, 2008 | Election Day is only one week away, and some of the country's leading CEOs are participating in a bipartisan project Read More
UK Music Industry Creates New Alliance
Oct 27, 2008 | Several organizations representing the British music industry have banded together today to form a new group known as UK Music Read More
National Dialogue on Health IT and Privacy
Oct 27, 2008 | If you are concerned or curious (or both) about IT's role in healthcare, you have a unique opportunity to take Read More
Sparring Over White Spaces Continues
Oct 24, 2008 | The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) issued a press release yesterday to announce that the presidents of News Corp., Disney, Read More
CDT Calls on Campaigns to Expose DMCA Requests
Oct 23, 2008 | Have U.S. media companies used "overally aggressive copyright claims" to chill political speech this election season, ignoring fair use in Read More
That National CTO Idea
Oct 22, 2008 | The news that Google CEO Eric Schmidt has decided to publically endorse, and campaign with, Sen. Barack Obama has again Read More
Is the U.S. Taking a Short-Sighted Approach to Innovation?
Oct 21, 2008 | With only two weeks to go until Election Day, Computerworld has published a series of articles about tech policy, including Read More
Prez Candidates on America COMPETES Act
Oct 20, 2008 | The Association for Women in Science and the Society of Women Engineers submitted a series of questions to both of Read More
Innovation 2008 Conference Underway
Oct 20, 2008 | ScienceDebate 2008, a grassroots coalition advocating for a presidential debate on science and technology issues, has teamed up with the Read More
A Last Look at the Final Debate
Oct 16, 2008 | Whenever the presidential candidates or their running mates mention technology or science in a debate or at a campaign rally, Read More
A TPS Pass For Your Thoughts
Oct 15, 2008 | Help us identify the topics and speakers that should be included at the next Tech Policy Summit conference, and Read More
Tech Policy Summit Q&A With Craig Newmark
Oct 14, 2008 | As we announced last month, the 3rd annual Tech Policy Summit will take place March 23-25, 2009 in the Bay Area Read More
Lessig: In Defense of the Remix Culture
Oct 14, 2008 | Larry Lessig's latest, and probably last, book on digital copyright, "Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy," Read More
President Signs PRO IP Act Into Law
Oct 13, 2008 | The Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act, better known as the PRO-IP Act, has been signed into law Read More
FCC Report OKs Use of Spectrum for Broadband Network
Oct 13, 2008 | Will persistence finally pay off for M2Z Networks, the Silicon Valley startup that has spent over two years trying to Read More
South Korea's Crackdown on 'Cyber Defamation'
Oct 13, 2008 | The New York Times published a story yesterday about the South Korean government's efforts to crack down on Internet-based defamation Read More
Open Debate Coalition Calls for Greater Transparency
Oct 10, 2008 | With the final presidential debate between Sen. John McCain and Sen. Barack Obama scheduled to take place on Wednesday, October Read More
Technology's Education Gap
Oct 10, 2008 | Dan Warmenhoven, CEO of Silicon Valley data management company NetApp (formerly Network Appliance), has written an editorial titled "Technology's Education Read More
Turning Parking Lots Into Power Plants?
Oct 9, 2008 | In the midst of overwhelmingly gloomy news about the economy, the solar energy industry received a ray of hope last Read More
Tax Credits Stall in Congress
Oct 1, 2008 | The fate of the R&D tax credit once again hangs in the balance. The tax credit expired for the 13th Read More
