TechBytes

Several years of experience attending meetings of various United Nations organizations, such as the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), has made us at IPI somewhat skeptical about the potential for good policy ideas to come from these organizations.

At least no one can say we weren’t warned.

These days, music lovers, talk radio junkies, and sports aficionados have more choices than ever when it comes to ways to access their favorite content.

If you need more proof that Federal Communications Commission (FCC) telecom regulations and rate structures are out-of-touch with the digital communications era, you only need to go to Riceville, Iowa.

When the latest Intel or AMD GigaWOW computer chip is introduced, it is too expensive for all but the most demanding customers.

The Institute for Policy Innovation’s newest report, “The True Cost of Copyright Industry Piracy to the U.

It was the best of policies, it was the worst of policies.

This week is the annual General Assembly of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), which was set up to administer the 1883 Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property and the 1883 Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works.

In a few weeks the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will hold a town hall meeting to examine the public policy issues involved in “online behavioral advertising.

For the fourth time in nine years Congress is again struggling with whether taxes that discriminate against electronic commerce should be allowed.