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PIPA vs. ECPA: A Story of Education
Remember SOPA and PIPA? Of course you do. While defeating this bad legislation was a great victory for the Internet and one that should not be undervalued, the bill’s defeat didn’t magically teach Congress how the Internet worked. A lack of Internet education continued to threaten the Internet’s future. Fast forward nine short months to […]
i2Coalition Statement On the Advancement of ECPA Reform Bill
Washington, DC – Internet Infrastructure Coalition (i2Coalition) co-founder and Board Chair Christian Dawson released the following statement after the Senate Judiciary Committee’s unanimous decision to advance the Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2013, S. 607: “i2Coalition is pleased that Chairman Leahy’s and Senator Lee’s ECPA Amendments Act, S. 607, a piece of bipartisan […]
i2Coalition Statement On ECPA Amendment
Washington, DC – Internet Infrastructure Coalition (i2Coalition) co-founder and Board Chair Christian Dawson released the following statement in advance of the markup by the Senate Judiciary Committee on the Electronic Communications Privacy Act: “i2Coalition fully supports Chairman Leahy’s and Senator Lee’s bipartisan amendment that will bring ECPA into the Internet age through the establishment of […]
Internet Security Must Protect Privacy and Freedom
As the House of Representatives begins its discussion on the controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), lawmakers must be mindful of the numerous privacy concerns raised by the bill in its current form. The goal of CISPA is to increase security online and make it easier to identify potential cyber threats, but such […]
Can the law ever catch up with the Internet?
The following commentary is from i2Coalition co-founder and board member David Snead cross-posted from the Web Host Industry Review: The US District Court for the Southern District of New York recently handed down a decision that reflects the difficulty adapting laws designed for the physical age to the Internet era. In Capitol Records LLC v. […]
i2Coalition Statement on Closed Door CISPA Hearing
Washington, DC – Internet Infrastructure Coalition (i2Coalition) co-founder and board member David Snead, head of i2Coalition’s Public Policy Committee, released the following statement in advance of the House Intelligence Committee’s closed door hearing on the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA): “The Internet Infrastructure Coalition (i2Coalition) objects to the closed door hearing by the […]