Industry trade associations play an important role in advocating for particular changes in the law. For example, the Recording Industry Association of America plays an important role in advocating for...

Industry trade associations play an important role in advocating for particular changes in the law. For example, the Recording Industry Association of America plays an important role in advocating for changes in the law to protect its property interests. You can find the RIAA at www.riaa.org. This assignment asks you to search the Internet to find two additional trade associations that advocate for changes in cyberlaw. In particular, you should (1) identify trade associations that represent the interests of a group this chapter has highlighted (e.g., Internet service providers), (2) look on each trade association’s Web site to discover the particular legal reforms each trade association advocates, and (3) write a short paper that describes the advocacy work of the two trade associations you discovered. Finally, engage in an Internet search to find trade associations and/or nonprofit organizations that are in an adversarial relationship with the two associations you found. For example, the interests of the Center for Democracy and Technology are different from those of Internet service providers (see www.cdt.org).