In response to requests for comments from the Federal Communications Commission, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, and the Rural Utility Service on the establishment of the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) which seeks to provide broadband access to all Americans, the DGA, together with a coalition of guilds, media companies and other organizations, submitted joint filings to recommend that BTOP be developed in a way that does not inhibit Internet Service Providers from using reasonable measures to prevent or deter illegal activities such as digital piracy or copyright infringement from occurring on their networks.
The joint filings were submitted by the following:
- AFTRA
- American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
- American Society of Media Photographers
- Directors Guild of
America - Graphic Artists Guild
- IATSE
- MPAA
- NBC Universal
- Professional Photographers of
America - Recording Industry Association of
America - SAG
- The Songwriters Guild of
America - The Walt Disney Company
- Time Warner, Inc.
- Viacom Inc.
To read these filings please click on the links below to access the PDFs
