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Before the United States Department of Commerce, Patent and Trademark Office COMMENTS OF THE CONSUMER FEDERATION OF AMERICA COPYRIGHT POLICY, CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION IN THE DIGITAL ECONOMY Mark Cooper Director of Research November 13, 2013 THE CONSUMER FEDERATION OF AMERICA The Consumer Federation of America (CFA) is an association of non-profit consumer organizations that was established in 1968 to advance the consumer interest through research, advocacy, and education. Today, nearly 300 of these groups participate in the federation and govern it through their representatives on the organization's Board of Directors. CFA was one of the first consumer groups to examine the impact of the Internet on consumers, concluding in a January 1990 paper that it would be a very consumer-friendly and citizen friendly Since then, CFA has participated in virtually every major federal regulatory, legislative and judicial proceeding in the that would impact the ability of the Internet and the digital revolution to promote the consumer Interest, including, of most direct relevance to this undertaking, amicus briefs in the Groskter and Aereo cases, and Tunney comments in the Microsoft and Apple cases.

Before the United States Department of Commerce, Patent and Trademark Office COMMENTS OF THE CONSUMER FEDERATION OF AMERICA COPYRIGHT POLICY, CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION IN THE DIGITAL ECONOMY Mark Cooper Director of Research November 13, 2013 THE CONSUMER FEDERATION OF AMERICA The Consumer Federation of America …

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