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Amazon Tells Lawmakers It Supports Sales Tax

in News on November 30, 2011 at 10:40 am PT

Amazon.com Inc. “strongly supports” federal legislation permitting states to collect state sales tax from Internet retailers, so long as few companies are permitted to duck the requirements, an Amazon executive said at a congressional hearing Wednesday.

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House Members Voice Piracy-Bill Support

in News on November 16, 2011 at 2:27 pm PT

Many lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee expressed support Wednesday for new legislation aimed at cutting off funding to foreign websites offering pirated movies or counterfeit goods, despite opposition from Silicon Valley companies.

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Craigslist Permanently Closes "Adult Services"

in News on September 16, 2010 at 5:00 am PT

Craigslist Inc. said the move to take down its adult-services listings was permanent as the online-classified website faced renewed criticism for facilitating child sex trafficking during a House Judiciary Committee hearing. In testimony, Craigslist’s external lawyer, Elizabeth McDougall, a partner at Perkins Coie in Seattle, and William Powell, Craigslist’s director of customer- service and law-enforcement relations, offered the San Francisco company’s first comments on its Sept. 3 move to shutter the adult-services section and replace it with a banner reading “censored.”

Surprise! Congress Helps the Britney Bailout Move Ahead.

in Media on May 13, 2009 at 3:09 pm PT

I’m still skeptical that “The Performance Rights Act,” which would require radio stations to pay musicians–or at least, music labels–whenever they play one of their recordings, will ever get through Congress. Not because it’s a bad idea, mind you, but because the music business seems like an unlikely candidate for Washington aid. The bill, however, did take one big step forward today.
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