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California Legislators Harming High Tech
ePolicy
5.3.2004
California's legislators are harming the high-tech industry with anti-business voting, and Silicon Valley lawmakers are among the worst offenders, according to a new Pacific Research Institute (PRI) report Punishing Innovation: A Report on California Legislators' Anti-Tech Voting.
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Giga-Fretting over Gmail
ePolicy
4.23.2004
What do you get when you cross a posse of anti-corporate "consumer advocates" with an innovative new email service that most beta testers enjoy? Trouble, as evidenced by the recent hysterics over Google's new Gmail service.
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The Mouse's Nudge
ePolicy
2.18.2004
Comcast recently failed in its bid for Disney but succeeded in raising the issue of media concentration. Critics worry that free speech and diversity of entertainment are at risk if content providers and distributors become one. The way to avoid any such problems when other similar would-be mergers appear is to unleash powerful competition from broadband competitors.
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New "Pay-To-Enter" Plan Will Stop Spam
ePolicy
2.1.2004
The problem of spam will soon be solved by charging for entry into consumers' e-mail boxes, according to Canning Spam: An Economic Solution to Unwanted E-mail, a new study from the Pacific Research Institute (PRI).
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Freedom Victory
ePolicy
12.22.2003
Last Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled to uphold Verizon's right to protect its customers from subpoenas issued by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). This is a win for freedom because it stops the allocation of police-like powers to private entities that threatened privacy and free speech.
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Internet Grinches: Online sales taxes are back in play
ePolicy
12.22.2003
Many Americans shopped online this holiday season, but consumer cheer may soon be dampened. The reason is Internet taxes. After a five-year moratorium, Congress is now debating whether to ban these taxes permanently or open the door to tax increases. Democrats, of course, are leading the charge for the latter.
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Fighting Regulators for Cheap Internet Phone Calls
ePolicy
12.3.2003
New technology allows low-cost calls over the Internet, which is great news for those who dislike big phone bills. The bad news is that regulators are targeting this innovative service in a way that will harm its future and cheat consumers.
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Taxpayers Funding Internet Tax Lobbyists
ePolicy
11.20.2003
A bill to permanently bar some taxes on Internet access is stalled in the U.S. Senate, despite swift passage two months ago by the House. Predictably, states and localities, ever eager for more revenue, are vigorously fighting the measure. But unbeknownst to millions of taxpayers who benefit from an online oasis is the fact that they are actually funding the lobbying effort for higher taxes.
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