Policy Issues

The Alliance global teams work with member companies and policy makers to better understand industry and technological changes and to create an environment that promotes and rewards innovation.

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Cross-Border Data

The global digital market is fueled by data and the secure, and unencumbered flow of data across borders is essential to innovation and economic growth.

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Digital Platform Competition

Healthy companies that invest and innovate are integral to a successful developer ecosystem.


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Privacy Regulation

Europe’s digital framework needs to acknowledge that data is what drives developer-driven innovation.


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U.S. H1-B Visa Program

America’s leadership in the global digital economy relies on a fair, smart H1-B program to bring highly skilled developers to work for U.S. companies.


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Updates

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Survey: 75% Of Developers Believe Java Licensing Fees Would Disrupt Progress
Survey: 75% Of Developers Believe Java Licensing Fees Would Disrupt Progress

89% of developers agree that Java would not be as commonly used today if it had not been free for re-use from the start.

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Survey: Developers Show Concern Over Upending API Rules
Survey: Developers Show Concern Over Upending API Rules

Developers are highly concerned if the long-held understanding about the re-use of APIs is upended by a court order, a new survey conducted by the Developers Alliance shows.

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APIs And The Notorious RBG
APIs And The Notorious RBG

The lawsuit between Google and Oracle is the gift that keeps giving. The two companies have been battling over the Java/Android APIs since 2012. We’ve now come to the point where the U.S. Supreme Court (aka SCOTUS) is the only place where things can be settled.

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Dear Brussels: Sloppy Policy is Bad Policy. You Can Do Better.
Dear Brussels: Sloppy Policy is Bad Policy. You Can Do Better.

I’ve written before about policy makers and their growing obsession with reigning in the big tech companies. I understand where this impulse comes from. The tech sector is too important to ignore, but it is also too valuable to break.

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The Digital Rust Belt
The Digital Rust Belt

The Digital Economy creates jobs, wealth, and drives innovation. Powerful, well-intentioned outsiders are fighting to control its future. Their ignorance of how it works could doom its promise.

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The Real World takes on the Digital World
The Real World takes on the Digital World

For the longest time, digital citizens have escaped the two great real-world certainties: death and taxes. Digital life is eternal as long as the power flows and the backup tapes are safe. Taxes follow the flow of money; where there's no money, there’s nothing for the taxman to grasp.

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Press

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Survey of Software Developers Underscores Importance of Supreme Court Review of Oracle v Google Case

Survey Finds 91% of Developers Concerned Current Ruling Will Result in New and Higher Costs, Some Companies Going Out of Business.

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The Specter of Fragmentation is Back

Google’s compliance with the European Commission’s decision on the Android antitrust case risks increasing market fragmentation and costs for developers and consumers.

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The End of the App Economy Golden Age

The Developers Alliance is disappointed at the European Commission’s decision in its Android investigation. Today’s decision will inevitably lead to changes to Android’s free, open source model which, in time, will harm the Android ecosystem, rather than help it grow.

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Proposed ePrivacy Regulation to affect all European industries and cost more than €500 billion in reduced annual turnover

A report commissioned by the Developers Alliance and produced by London Economics shows that the proposed ePrivacy Regulation being discussed in Brussels is potentially costly, definitely confusing, and likely to reduce innovation and investment across the EU. The total costs could soar as high as €551.9 billion annually in reduced turnover, with an impact far beyond the technology sector. 

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