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Gary Shapiro

Dear FCC, Please Don't Let Hollywood Break My TV

Gary Shapiro | Posted 11.12.2009 | Technology

Read More: Arlen Specter, Fcc, Mpaa, Senate Judiciary Committee, Gary Shapiro, Selective Output Control, Congress, Piracy, Julius Genachowski, Dan Glickman, Federal Communications Commission, Analog Hole, Department of Justice, Hdtv, Cea, Consumer Electronics Association, Motion Picture Association of America, Technology News
Gary Shapiro

The MPAA is back -- this time, before the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) -- asking permission to disable lawfully purchased HDTV-capable TVs.

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Innovation in America: An Autobahn, or a Suburban Street With Speed Bumps?

Gary Shapiro | Posted 11.04.2009 | Technology

Read More: Fcc, Gps, Telemedicine, Pandora, Dtv, Gary Shapiro, Telework, Innovation, International CES, Dvr, Facebook, Spectrum, Satellite Radio, Sputnik, Broadband, mp3, Julius Genachowski, Federal Communications Commission, Internet, Wireless, Blu-Ray, Youtube, Consumer Electronics Show, Autobahn, Hdtv, Cea, Consumer Electronics Association, E-Book, Technology News
Gary Shapiro

My fear is that my son's future won't include the rapid pace of innovation that we have enjoyed in recent years. What if decades roll by and innovation stands still?

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United States Needs to Rethink How It Treats International Guests

Gary Shapiro | Posted 10.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Orlando, Angela Merkel, Pakistan, International Olympic Committee, Gary Shapiro, 2016 Summer Olympics, Obama, Rio Olympics, Ces, Visa, Germany, Las Vegas, Consumer Electronics Show, Cea, China, Tarp, Business News
Gary Shapiro

We make our trade show a world-class event, but our nation's visa policies work against us in attracting the world to our country.

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Pittsburgh Model Dramatizes Lessons for G-20 Summit

Gary Shapiro | Posted 11.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Gary Shapiro, Debt, Deficit, Innovation Movement, Consumer-Electronics-Association, Bailout, g20, Manufacturing, Free Trade, Innovation, Cea, Protectionism, Pittsburgh, Detroit, Business News
Gary Shapiro

Pittsburgh's experience offers a road map for American cities adjusting to manufacturing downturns and the new realities of the modern global economy.

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Technology Rx for Health Care Reform

Gary Shapiro | Posted 10.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Ipod, Consumer-Electronics-Association, President Obama, Motorola, Intel, Gary Shapiro, Congress, Innovation, Best Buy, Competition, Apple, Living Wills, Hdtv, Texas Instruments, Free Market, Cea, Gdp, Technology, Health Care, Hp, Healthcare, Business News
Gary Shapiro

The consumer electronics industry is defined by rapid innovation and falling prices. Advocates on every side should consider these market-based lessons, as they are relevant to the current health care debate.

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Trucks, Drugs and NAFTA: Time for Congress to do the Right Thing

Gary Shapiro | Posted 08.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Bolivia, Hugo Chavez, Latin America, Gary Shapiro, Agriculture, Manufacturing, Free Trade, Drugs, Congress, Protectionism, Barack Obama, Trade War, Transportation, Nafta, Colombia, Colombia Free Trade, Panama, Honduras, Cea, Consumer Electronics Association, Senate, Panama Free Trade, Nicaragua, Business News
Gary Shapiro

Mexico did not take lightly to the U.S. closing our border to their trucks -- that's why they're called "trade wars."

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Why China's Green Dam Proposal Endangers American Technology and Human Rights

Gary Shapiro | Posted 07.24.2009 | World

Read More: Human Rights, First Amendment, Consumer-Electronics-Association, Gary Shapiro, Internet Filtering, Cea, China, Censorware, Hacking, Censorship, Green Dam, World News
Gary Shapiro

When any government demands control of its citizens' computers, the world must take note. I urge the technology community to tell Beijing that control through mandatory software is unacceptable.

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Building a National Innovation Movement

Gary Shapiro | Posted 07.18.2009 | Business

Read More: First Amendment, Consumer-Electronics-Association, Global Economy, Zogby International, Austin, Free Trade, Congress, Immigration, Atlanta, Innovation, US Economy, Gary Shapiro, Silicon Valley, H1B Visa, Entrepreneurship, Technology, Cea, Zogby Poll, R&D, Cuba, China, Research Triangle, Business News
Gary Shapiro

Will we step boldly into the new economic reality with a plan for creating jobs? Or will we look to unsustainable government protections that will force the US to take a backseat in the new era?

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Court Review of SOX Gives Hope for New U.S. Jobs

Gary Shapiro | Posted 07.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Immigration Reform, Consumer-Electronics-Association, Tort Reform, Corporate Tax, Stock Exchange, Gary Shapiro, H1B Visa, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Supreme Court, Cea, Health Care, Business News
Gary Shapiro

Only American companies have to follow this expensive and intrusive law imposing huge costs on publicly traded companies. Thankfully, relief may be in sight.

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Copyright Needs Limits, As It Restricts Innovation

Gary Shapiro | Posted 06.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Supreme Court, Movie Industry, Consumer-Electronics-Association, Copyright, Riaa, Content Creation, Innovation, Creative Commons, Dvr, Apple, Dell, Qualcomm, Jfk, Cea, Ebay, Sony Betamax, Amazon, Vcr, Fair Use, Google, Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, Gary Shapiro, mp3s, Congress, Hollywood, Facebook, Tivo, Mark Helprin, Cisco, Piracy, Music Industry, Texas Instruments, Zillow, Hp, Patents, Business News
Gary Shapiro

Defenders of expanded copyright restrictions imply that content owners have been on a losing streak and have few tools at their disposal. Wrong.

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EU Intel Fine and New DoJ Antitrust Ambiguity Hurts America's Crown Jewel Tech Companies

Gary Shapiro | Posted 06.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Us Department of Justice, Intel Fine, European Commission, Intel, Antitrust, European Union, Cea, Gary Shapiro, Consumer Electronics Association, Eu, Business News
Gary Shapiro

I am sad to see one of America's greatest technology companies saddled with a record-setting $1.4 billion fine, a payment which will simply fund the E...

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Card Check Is Not the Solution for Pension Mismanagement

Gary Shapiro | Posted 06.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Efca, Collective Bargaining, Consumer-Electronics-Association, Employee Free Choice Act, Card Check, Gary Shapiro, Hudson Institute, Pensions, James Hoffa, Cea, Unite Here, Unions, Seiu, Business News
Gary Shapiro

The union promise of jobs and better wages is deeply alluring, but their mechanism to securing them, so-called "card check," is fundamentally flawed.

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Card Check Dilemma: How Can Well-Meaning Americans Be So Far Apart?

Gary Shapiro | Posted 05.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Arlen Specter, Secret Ballot, Economic Crisis, Employee Free Choice Act, Gary Shapiro, Government Arbitration, Cloture Vote, Unionization, Afl-Cio, Technology Industry, Card Check, Blanche Lincoln, Private Ballot, Senator Lincoln, Union Intimidation, Senator Specter, Cea, Unions, Consumer Electronics Association, Unions and Business, Detroit, Business News
Gary Shapiro

I am very hopeful that card check is dead for this Congress. The issue is divisive, harmful, and not a good use of time by anyone.

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Advice to Obama at G-20 Summit: A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats

Gary Shapiro | Posted 05.01.2009 | Business

Read More: John F. Kennedy, President Obama, G20 Summit, Trade and Poverty, Gary Shapiro, Health Care Kiosk, Colombia, Obama, Barack Obama, Obama and Op-Ed, Trade at Hand, Emerging Markets, Progressive, Peru, South Korea, g20, Free Trade, Protectionism, President Kennedy, A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats, Cea, Jfk, Telemedicine, Free Trade Agreements, Consumer Electronics Association, Poverty, G-20, Business News
Gary Shapiro

I don't know precisely when progressives in this country gave up on free trade. Because when they did, without perhaps even realizing it, they turned their backs on the developing world.

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Obama's Panama Opportunity

Gary Shapiro | Posted 04.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Consumer-Electronics-Association, Hugo Chavez, Latin America, Ron Kirk, Colombia Trade Agreement, Gary Shapiro, Exports, President Obama, Colombia, Protectionism, Barack Obama, International Trade, Summit of the Americas, Panama Trade Agreement, Buy American, Free Trade, Panama Canal, Panama, Stimulus Package, Business News
Gary Shapiro

President Barack Obama will soon be making his first trip to Latin America to attend the Summit of the Americas. This visit is an important opportunit...

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How Big Media Misses the Biggest Stories and Some More Stories They Will Miss

Gary Shapiro | Posted 04.02.2009 | Media

Read More: Mainstream Media, National Debt, Economic Stimulus Package, Federal Budget Deficit, Bailout, Big Media, Economic Crisis, Mortgage Crisis, Obama Administration, Future Generations, Media Coverage of the War, Media Bias, Gary Shapiro, Media News
Gary Shapiro

We are in trouble unless we have an honest inquiry and discussion on the big issues of our time -- and they all come down to money and priorities.

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President Obama Sounds Like a Free Trader, So Why Are His Actions Contradicting His Words?

Gary Shapiro | Posted 03.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Colombia Free Trade, Ron Kirk, Free Trade, Gary Locke, Trans-Pacific Partnership, Protectionism, Buy American, Barack Obama, Gary Shapiro, Politics News
Gary Shapiro

Listening to President Barack Obama's speech Tuesday night to a joint session of Congress, I did a double take. "The only way to fully restore Amer...

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"Buy American" Sounds Patriotic, But The Protectionist Policy Could Start A Trade War

Gary Shapiro | Posted 03.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Free Trade, Obama Buy American, Buy American, Trade Wars, Obama Trade Policy, Consumer-Electronics-Association, Gary Shapiro, Oath of Office, Business News
Gary Shapiro

Perhaps too much time has passed since the fthe 1930s. The "Buy American" provisions are dangerous protectionist policies thinly guised as feel-good patriotism.

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Memo to Detroit: Change Now or Die

Steve Parker | Posted 12.16.2008 | Business

Read More: Boeing, Chevy Volt, Saturn, Chrysler, Gm, Alan Mulally, Ucla, Gary Shapiro, Rick Wagoner, Epa, W. Edwards Deming, Ford, Cars, Cerberus Capital Management, General Motors, Ces, Robert Nardelli, William Clay Ford, Nhtsa, Japan, Plug-in Hybrids, SUV Sales, Business News
Steve Parker

Most Americans think you have brought this disaster upon yourselves, with inferior, irrelevant products the past 35 years.

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