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  • NAMAC Policy News Roundup
    5 Oct 2011

    Each month, NAMAC will look back at the last few weeks for a quick overview of some of the stories we've been watching.  We hope you'll find them interesting, too.  

    September started off with a bang as the Department of Justice moved to block the AT&T / T-Mobile merger. 

  • The 2011 National Rural Assembly
    15 Aug 2011

    NAMAC Blogger Traci Morris reports on her trip to the 2011 Gathering of the National Rural Assembly.

    Traci L. Morris
  • House Rejects Amendment to Further Cut NEA
    5 Aug 2011

    From Americans for the Arts:

    The Walberg amendment to H.R. 2584, the House Interior Appropriations bill that would have cut an additional $10.6 million from the National Endowment for the Arts failed 240-181 earlier today. All 185 Democrats present voted against the amendment and 55 Republicans joined them.

    Americans for the Arts
  • Data Caps Could Cut Artists off from the Cloud
    26 Jul 2011

    The case of André Vrignaud highlights the serious issues that artists, photographers and musicians might face as both data caps and cloud computing become increasingly common—and contradictory.

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    Aalok Mehta
  • Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association
    1 Jul 2011

    NAMAC's Policy Strategist Belinda Rawlins reports on Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association.