On Apr 18, 2013, at 7:45 PM, steve harley <[email protected]> wrote:
> on 2013-04-18 18:26 Kevin Callahan wrote >> Backers included the wireless group CTIA, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and >> TechNet, which represents big technology companies such as Google Inc, Apple >> Inc, Yahoo! Inc and Cisco Systems Inc. >> >> Is Apple supporting this bill? > > technically it's off-topic (though this list is nearly dead), and you seem to > have answered your own question, but yes, Apple supports CISPA; like many > companies, Apple is hiding its support behind trade organizations; Apple is a > member of at least four trade groups that support CISPA: CTIA and TechNet as > noted above, and also ITIC and BSA; Apple is an important member of these > groups, and yet it could be a member and still disagree with their positions; > if so, however, you'd expect it would have issued its own statement … it's > not like Apple never issues statements, Apple signed the pro gay marriage > brief in Feb., and one could consider CISPA an issue closer to Apple's actual > business interests Thanks for the info, Steve. I thought it was on topic considering how much data Apple has of ours by way of iTunes, iCloud and the App Store, all facilitated by Mac OS X. And, as more and more data is pushed to iCloud... I certainly hope Apple comes out against this bill as it stands. -K > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacOSX-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
