Cheryl Bruder This is Me

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1. 1. Story: BSA Announces Agenda for 106th Congress, 2/8/99.

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   Published on: 2/8/1999   Last Visited: 6/15/2001

   Cheryl Bruder , Senior Director for Government Affairs and Public Policy for Lotus Development Corp. , stated that 1998 was a year of a lot of accomplishments and success for high technology. In the legislative arena , starting in 1997 , we saw the passage of the NET Act , and it went on to a string of other accomplishments in legislation , through the WIPO copyright treaty implementation bill. She added that , we were extremely pleased with those accomplishments , but we also were happy to see some changes that were outside of the legislative arena , through executive orders.
   
   Members of the Business Software Alliance also used the gathering to show off some of their new applications. Microsoft demonstrated its Auto PC application , with speech recognition and generation capabilities. Autodesk demonstrated some of its design software. Intuit ran through the latest capabilities of its tax return software.
   
   The Business Software Alliance's Becca Gould also stated that the BSA has taken no position on the Department of Justice's investigation of , and litigation against , Microsoft.
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   Cheryl Bruder addressed Internet copyright protection. One of the big problems we still experience , though , is the bad which can quickly turn into the ugly. [ It ] is the problem of piracy on the Internet. Bruder said that the Internet is a new challenge for us in terms of combating piracy..
   
   We need strong protection for creative work -- copyright protection. She concluded that we want to make sure protecting copyrighted works online , through enforcement of things like the NET Act..
   
   R&D Tax Credit
   
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   Cheryl Bruder also listed Year 2000 litigation legislation. We want to make sure that we get some solutions passed quickly. Act quickly and encourage solutions to the situation that has developed. However , neither Bruder nor other speakers addressed any specific bills or proposals.
   
   Sen. John McCain ( R-AZ ) introduced one such bill on January 19 , the Y2K Act. It will be the subject of a Senate Commerce Committee hearing on Tuesday , February 9.
   
   Digital Signatures and Authentication