
The Internet Association's stated goal is to “strengthen and protect an open, innovative and free Internet." with Beckerman saying “The Internet isn’t just Silicon Valley anymore, the Internet has moved to Main Street. Our top priority is to ensure that elected leaders in Washington understand the profound impacts of the Internet and Internet companies on jobs, economic growth and freedom.”
So cynics might expect substantially more pressure on legislators both in the USA and elsewhere to maintain or even extend 'safe harbour' provisions, stop web blocking legislation and three strikes, and prevent anything along the same lines as the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), SOPA (the Stop Online Piracy Act) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA) ever developing.
The Internet Association has a very basic website here
More from the National Journal here
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