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As the internet’s dynamic technologies revolutionize communications, Pillsbury is at the forefront, representing pioneering VoIP and webcasting industry trade associations, as well as innovative internet service providers, web hosting companies and e-commerce businesses.
Pillsbury’s Communications practice team provides comprehensive guidance on all aspects of the internet, from VoIP and webcasting through music licensing and the full range of other intellectual property issues. Our firm and its lawyers have played an integral role in developing the body of law governing the services and applications delivered over the internet, including VoIP, text and video, and we represent individual companies and the leading VoIP trade association, counseling them on the rapidly developing international, federal, and state regulatory landscape for this technology.
Pillsbury has been at the forefront of the streaming audio and video revolution and represents one of the most active streaming trade associations. We also work with radio broadcast stations and many of the most active independent webcasters that provide radio-style programming and other services on the internet. Our lawyers advise webcasters on business and regulatory issues, patent matters, software licenses and the complex set of licensing obligations that apply when using music on broadcast stations, the internet, and other digital transmission systems.
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Our firm is one of only a few with hands-on experience in negotiating terms of statutory licenses for digital music transmissions. Our work also includes representing clients in rulemaking proceedings before the FCC, state public utility commissions, the International Telecommunications Union, and the Canadian Radio and Telecommunications Commission. Highly regarded for legal, regulatory and industry knowledge and experience, our Communications lawyers are frequently called upon to speak on VoIP issues at industry conferences.