Internet Governance, Open Internet, US Policy
ICANN
I’m excited to announce that the i2Coalition is a sponsor of the Internet Governance Forum USA! The event will be held this Wednesday, July 16 at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. from 8:30 AM – 7:00 PM. The daylong conference will bring together industry experts to discuss best practices for a multistakeholder process in […]
Patent Reform, US Policy
Supreme Court, U.S. Supreme Court
Washington, D.C. – Internet Infrastructure Coalition (i2Coalition) Co-Founder and Public Policy Chair David Snead released the following statement following the Supreme Court’s Aereo decision: “In the Supreme Court ruling on Aereo, the majority stated that cloud computing won’t be impacted by this decision. Cloud computing is increasingly central to modern technology. Content owners, intellectual property […]
Access To Data, Privacy, US Policy
ECPA, Electronic Communications Privacy Act, Supreme Court, U.S. Supreme Court
Washington, D.C. – Internet Infrastructure Coalition (i2Coalition) Co-Founder and Public Policy Chair David Snead released the following statement today on the Supreme Court ruling that police may not search the cell phones of criminal suspects upon arrest without a warrant: “The Supreme Court ruled unanimously today that police can’t search cell phones of criminal suspects […]
The following is a guest post by Mason Cole of i2Coalition member company Donuts. The Internet governance debate is devouring headlines, and has been for months as governments seek to expand their roles—for various reasons—in overseeing the domain name system (DNS). This culminated in the NetMundial meeting in Brazil in April, where Internet leaders and […]
Access To Data, Privacy, US Policy
ECPA, Electronic Communications Privacy Act
Reforming the outdated Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) is one of our top policy priorities. The i2Coalition and allies in our industry and in Washington have worked for continuous change. Fortunately, we are now one step closer to needed reform. The Yoder-Polis Email Privacy Act, legislation currently in play to update the antiquated law, recently […]
EU Policy, Open Internet, US Policy
The following is commentary by i2Coalition Chairman Christian Dawson and originally appeared on Site5 Blog. My name is Christian Dawson and in addition to heading up operations at a web hosting company myself, I am Chairman and co-founder of the Internet Infrastructure Coalition, or i2Coalition. My friends at Site5 asked me to guest blog for […]
Patent Reform, US Policy
Senate
The i2Coalition is deeply disappointed that patent reform legislation has been removed from the Senate Judiciary Committee agenda. Patent trolls are a real and increasingly growing problem for innovators in the United States, costing companies $29 billion in resources and revenue in 2011 alone. The lack of action by the Senate will only embolden trolls […]
Access To Data, Internet Governance, Privacy, US Policy
DOTCOM Act, IANA, IANA Transition, ICANN, National Security Agency, NSA
The House Energy & Commerce Committee’s vote to recommend the DOTCOM Act to the full House for approval has the potential of slowing the transition of the IANA function to the global multistakeholder community. The i2Coalition believes that this transition, if given the opportunity to be handled properly by the multistakeholder community unencumbered by U.S. […]
Internet Governance, The Internet Infrastructure Industry
ICANN
Today, the i2Coalition announced the appointment of Blacknight Internet Solutions CEO Michele Neylon to the coalition’s board.
Access To Data, Privacy, US Policy
ECPA, Electronic Communications Privacy Act
Washington, DC – Internet Infrastructure Coalition (i2Coaliton) Co-Founder and Board Chair Christian Dawson released the following statement on the release of the White House report “Big Data: Seizing Opportunities, Preserving Values,” which included a recommendation for updating ECPA: “Updating the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) has long been a priority for i2Coalition, and we are […]
