Publishers Challenge Book Resale Ruling By April Dembosky As US publishers are poised to take their battle to stop books bought abroad being resold in the US to Congress, after the Supreme Court ruled against them in a case that will have broad implications for global commerce. In the case of Kirtsaeng v Wiley, the…
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ATR Teams with CDT, ACLU to Launch New ECPA Advocacy By Alex Byers As talk about email privacy rules ramps up again in Washington, digital due process proponents are looking at the 113th Congress as the best chance yet to notch a victory — and they’re forming another coalition to help put the hammer down.…
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Frustrated by White House PR Gains, House Republicans Call in K Street Big Guns By Chris Frates Frustrated by a White House that's winning the fiscal cliff messaging war, senior aides to House Republican Whip Kevin McCarthy assembled some of K Street's top GOP communicators for a Monday briefing and brainstorming session to turn the…
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Republicans Face Choice of Fight or Expanding Base After Losses By Lisa Lerer and Phil Mattingly Republican leaders across the U.S. woke up yesterday confronting a choice: Do they want to govern or do they want to fight? The debate was thrust upon them by President Barack Obama’s defeat of Republican challenger Mitt Romney, as…
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Copyrights vs. 'Owners Rights' By Congressional Quarterly Staff Last year, lobbyist Andrew Shore led the effort for a coalition of Internet companies eager to stop Congress from passing legislation designed to protect the copyrights of music labels and movie studios online. Now he's warring with the creative community again, on behalf of a coalition of…
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Coalition forms around copyright case By Eliza Krigman Internet companies are joining forces with libraries and educators to form a new coalition in a legal battle with broad e-commerce implications. Next Monday, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley and Sons, a copyright case involving the scope of the first…
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Silicon Valley's new spin on lobbying By Michelle Quinn SAN FRANCISCO — Silicon Valley was once criticized for not "getting" Washington and being slow to start lobbying. Now, as it celebrates what appears to be a victory in its Capitol Hill fight over fast-moving copyright bills, the tech industry may see itself as lobbying’s innovator,…
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Lobbyists.info's 4th Annual “12 Days of Lobbying” By Lobbyists.info Staff You may not be able to find a partridge in one of the California Pear Growers’ trees, but the group, which has lobbied Congress on trade issues, may be able to help you get one. Hewlett-Packard’s Randolph V. Dove and Tina Dove of the Association…
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