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- House hears arguments for copy-protection circumvention; new bill would allow users to make legal copies.(Rick Boucher proposes Digital Media Consumer Rights Act )
- WASHINGTON -- One week after Sony BMG Music was caught placing hidden copy-protection software on the computers of unsuspecting CD buyers, a House subcommittee opened hearings on a bill that would allow consumers to make a limited number of persona WASHINGTON -- One week...
- Research articles 2005-11-21
- BOUCHER WANTS TO LEGISLATE OPEN AOL.(Brief Article)
- Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.) says he may introduce legislation that would require integrated broadband companies, such as AOL Time Warner, to give content providers unfettered network access to offer interactive-TV services. The bill would strengthen Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.) says he may introduce...
- Research articles 2001-03-19
- Congress already looks to change. (Congressional telecommunications policy)
- WASHINGTON - It took Congress 62 years to make sweeping changes in telecommunications policy. Now some lawmakers want to make a few more in the next nine months. For Congress to move a second bill, lawmakers will evidently have to overcome fatigu ...
- Research articles 1996-02-12
- Reps. Ask FTC to Back Off on Access.(Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.))(Rick Boucher (D-Va.))(Federal Trade Commission)(Brief Article)
- WASHINGTON -- Reps. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Rick Boucher (D-Va.) asked the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Communications Commission last ... WASHINGTON -- Reps. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Rick Boucher (D-Va.) asked the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Communications Commission last...
- Research articles 2000-09-11
- Discord Blurs the Digital-TV Picture.(Brief Article)
- WASHINGTON -- Digital television might make for sharp sound and pristine pictures, but it's making a mess of copyright law and splintering the cable, broadcast and consumer-electronics industries. In the midst of it all is Congress, which has ...
- Research articles 2001-03-12
- House duo: tap modem cash: Boucher, Terry draft bill would aid universal service fund.(POLICY)
- Washington -- A House draft bill would require cable operators to contribute revenue from cable-modem services to the federal program that subsidizes affordable telecommunications services in rural areas of the United States. The cable propos Washington -- A...
- Research articles 2005-11-28
- Telcos: traffic will flow: SBC, Verizon Say They Won't Block the VoIP Competition.(Policy)(telecommunications)
- WASHINGTON -- The leaders of Verizon Communications Inc. and SBC Communications Inc. last Tuesday told a Senate committee that they have no intention of blocking competing voice-over-Internet protocol service providers. "We are not going WASHINGTON -- The leaders...
- Research articles 2005-03-21
- NAB Seeks Free-TV CODY Protection.(National Association of Broadcasters on copying internet broadcasts)(Brief Article)
- WASHINGTON -- Broadcasters are pressuring movie and television producers to ensure that digital broadcast signals can't be repeatedly copied or loaded onto the Internet. In a recent letter, National Association of Broadcasters president Edwar WASHINGTON -- Broadcasters are...
- Research articles 2001-01-01
- House and Senate conferees made their first real progress last week toward reconciling a final version of satellite TV reform.
- House and Senate conferees made their first real progress last week toward reconciling a final version of satellite TV reform. The Senate on Thursday offered the House its preferred version of the bill; the House was expected to offer its response House and...
- Research articles 1999-10-11
- Cable bills in limbo. (Congress' unfinished telecommunication bills)
- Cable Bills in Limbo WASHINGTON - As Congress was trying to navigate several key bills through the legislative process before its targeted adjournment by Thanksgiving, it left a number of telecommunications bills by the roadside. ...
- Research articles 1991-12-02
- Commerce panel smiles on cable. (House Committee on Energy and Commerce; cable TV industry)
- WASHINGTON -- The cable industry could face telco competition in one year instead of two, but otherwise emerged unscathed as two House committees last week approved legislation intended to produced head-to-head competition between cable and local tel WASHINGTON -- The cable industry could face telco competition...
- Research articles 1994-03-21
- Cable, RBOCS parry on telecom legislation. (cable TV companies; telephone companies)
- Washington - The cable industry was happier with last year's Senate bill than the Republican-sponsored measure voted out of committee two weeks ago. On March 23, the Senate Commerce Committee voted 17-2 for a bill that would, among other things, Washington...
- Research articles 1995-04-03
- Re-reg talks start as Congress returns. (cable television legislation)
- Re-Reg Talks Start As Congress Returns WASHINGTON - A cable bill tackling rate regulation, program access and entry of the telephone companies into the cable business is in the works and is expected to be offered in February, Rep. Rick Boucher ...
- Research articles 1991-01-07
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- Digital TV Reverberations.(Rep. Rick Boucher at American Cable Association's summit)(Excerpt)
- By Rep. Richard Boucherd-Va. Rep. Rick Boucher (D.-Va.) is a member of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet and an architect of telecom policy on Capitol Hill. He spoke to members of the American Cable Association at...
- Research articles 2007-04-23
- Boucher bill on advisers reintroduced. (Virginia Rep. Steve Boucher reintroduced bill to raise fees paid by investment advisers to finance more frequent Securities and Exchange Commission inspections)
- Virginia Congressman Rick Boucher has re-submitted legislation to the House that would generate increased revenue for more frequent Securities and Exchange Commission SEC inspections. The funds would derive from a raise in fees paid by registered investVirginia Congressman Rick Boucher has re-submitted legislation to the House that would generate increased...
- Research articles 1993-02-08
- Demand Response Leadership Awards Go To Boucher, Wellinghoff and Morgan
- WASHINGTON -- The US Demand Response Coordinating Committee DRCC announced today the recipients of its 2007 Awards for Leadership in Demand Response. The awardees are Congressman Rick Boucher (D-VA), Chairman of the Energy and Air Quality Subcommittee of the Energy and Commerce Committee; Commissioner Jon Wellinghoff of the Federal Energy...
- Research articles 2007-04-27
- Rep. Boucher Blasts FCC's Approval Of Cable Merger
- Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.) criticized the Federal Communications Commission for rejecting a satellite TV merger last month while approving a combination between two cable TV giants this week. Boucher said he was "appalled" that the FCC okayed Comcast's [CMCSK] merger with AT&T's [T] AT&T Broadband unit on the heels of...
- Research articles 2002-11-15
- Bye, Bye Boucher: Markey to Head House Energy Subcommittee
- Stephen Power reports: The leftward shift of the House of Representatives on climate policy continues, as Rep. Edward Markey, a Massachussets Democrat, says he'll assume the chairmanship of the House Energy and Commerce Committee's subcommittee on Energy and the Environment. Markey's promotion, reported in the Boston Globe today, is being...
- News items 2009-08-07
- Congressman Seeks Aid for Workers Laid Off from Hillsville, Va., Plant.
- By Paul Dellinger, The Roanoke Times, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 14--Rep. Rick Boucher asked for U.S. Department of Labor aid for workers laid off from the Hillsville plant. Workers displaced by the sale...
- Research articles 1998-04-14
- Key lawmaker backs FCC on eve of Web rule
- By John Poirier WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A key U.S. lawmaker said on Wednesday that he backs a Federal Communications Commission proposal to establish an open Internet rule and would consider legislative action if the industry challenged it in court. "The FCC is moving in exactly the right direction," said Rick...
- News items 2009-10-21
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