Business Software Alliance
US Firms Play Vital Role in Ensuring Openness of Global Internet
BSA Testifies on US Cyberspace policy:
US Firms Play Vital Role in Ensuring Openness of Global Internet
Washington, DC - March 10, 2010
Robert Holleyman, President and CEO of BSA, the global trade
association representing the software industry, today testified before
the House Committee on Foreign Affairs' hearing on "The Google
Predicament: Transforming U.S. Cyberspace Policy to Advance Democracy,
Security, and Trade."
Said Holleyman in his oral testimony:
US companies more than any others are responsible for the spread of
the Internet as an open platform for communication. An open
Internet brings with it the spread of information and new abilities
to connect across national boundaries - which is inherently good
for US foreign policy. It is critical to US foreign policy for
American companies and American products to be present in these
markets.
But our industry leadership is threatened by an abundance of
overseas market challenges. I will address three of those
challenges today: Legal environments that create significant
barriers for US companies; tolerance of industrial theft of our
intellectual property; and the threat of cyber attacks and cyber
intrusions.
We believe strongly that it is in both our foreign policy interest
and in our domestic economic interest for US technology companies
to be present in overseas markets, providing the software and
hardware platforms that have done so much to connect the world. We
urge the Congress and the Administration to pursue policies that
will enable US technology companies to succeed in these markets."
The full, written testimony can be found here:
www.bsa.org/~/media/Files/Policy/Testimony/Testimony_RH_HCFA.as
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The oral testimony can be found here:
www.bsa.org/~/media/Files/Policy/Testimony/Testimony_RH_HCFA_or
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About BSA
The Business Software Alliance (
www.BSA.org) is the world's foremost
advocate for the software industry, working in 80 countries to expand
software markets and create conditions for innovation and growth.
Governments and industry partners look to BSA for thoughtful
approaches to key policy and legal issues, recognizing that software
plays a critical role in driving economic and social progress in all
nations. BSA's member companies invest billions of dollars a year in
local economies, good jobs, and next-generation solutions that will
help people around the world be more productive, connected, and
secure. BSA members include Adobe, Apple, Autodesk, AVG, Bentley
Systems, CA, Cadence, Cisco Systems, CNC, Corel, Dassault Systèmes
SolidWorks Corporation, Dell, Embarcadero, HP, IBM, Intel, Intuit,
McAfee, Microsoft, Minitab, PTC, Quark, Quest Software, Rosetta Stone,
SAP, Siemens, Sybase, Symantec, Synopsys, and The MathWorks.
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