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| February 8, 2010 |
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The US House Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law has sat to discuss 'State Taxation: The Role of Congress in Defining Nexus.' The Tax Foundation advocated a physical presence standard in written testimony, especially in an age of e-commerce.
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| February 2, 2010 |
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The European Commission has initiated an infringement procedure against France
relating to the 'telecoms tax' on telecommunications operators.
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| January 28, 2010 |
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A House of Lords committee has called on the UK government to provide more substantial tax breaks for low budget British film and television productions and suggested that new tax breaks be considered to support the country's computer game developers.
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| January 27, 2010 |
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Motorola, Inc has announced that it has filed a complaint with the US International Trade Commission alleging that Research In Motion Limited, maker of the Blackberry mobile communication devices, has engaged in unfair trade practices by the importation and sale of products that infringe on five of Motorola’s patents.
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| January 25, 2010 |
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New licensing deals help push digital music sales to 27% of global revenues, although piracy is continuing to damage investment in artists, according to a new report by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry.
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| January 22, 2010 |
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Google in Germany is faced with anti-trust disputes with two German newspaper and magazine publishing associations, mapping firm Euro-Cities, and the Microsoft-owned price comparison site, Ciao.
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| January 21, 2010 |
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Royalty fees introduced in Italy to compensate for the sound and
video copying of works subject to copyright (and which were previously only levied
on recordable products, such as CDs, DVDs and USB sticks) have now been extended to include the means of recording, such as computers, mobile phones and MP3
players.
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| January 19, 2010 |
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A new report from UK think tank Policy Exchange has called into question the use
of a telecommunications tax to fund proposals for introducing high speed broadband
nationwide.
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| January 18, 2010 |
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It is understood that the UK government is prepared to water down controversial elements of the Digital Economy Bill which would give it powers to change copyright law without parliamentary scrutiny, in order to force the legislation through before a general election, expected sometime in the next six months.
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| January 15, 2010 |
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The various provincial and federal gaming authorities of Spain that together participate in the Sectoral Gaming Commission have met at the Ministry of the Interior in Madrid to discuss regulation of the Spanish online gaming sector.
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| January 12, 2010 |
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From the beginning of 2010, online gambling is being licenced and taxed in Estonia in an effort to boost public finances through taxes on gaming operators.
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| January 11, 2010 |
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UK Sports Minister Gerry Sutcliffe wants to bring in new licence requirements for overseas-based online gambling firms who want to have a customer base in Britain. This would help to broaden the tax base of gambling activities.
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| January 6, 2010 |
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Retail e-commerce spending in the US for the holiday season from November 1 through Christmas Eve reached approximately USD27bn, an increase of 5% over the same period a year ago, according to a report by comScore inc, digital market consultants and statisticians.
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| January 4, 2010 |
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The UK Treasury has launched a consultation on a proposed landline duty to fund a nationwide high speed broadband internet access rollout, as flagged up in the 'Digital Britain' report published in July 2009.
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| December 29, 2009 |
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The UK press has become critical of internet giant Google after accounts were published that appear to indicate that the company paid minimal UK corporate income tax.
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| December 23, 2009 |
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Ladbrokes plc has criticized the European Advocate General's opinion as being unfavorable as regards its case against Dutch gaming law.
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| December 23, 2009 |
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Google's ambitious book digitization project has suffered another setback, after a Paris court ruled it had violated French copyright laws by scanning extracts of French books into its expanding online library.
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| December 22, 2009 |
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The Isle of Man government’s Communications Commission is inviting written
responses, by February 11, 2010, as part of a revision of regulation on communications.
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| December 21, 2009 |
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Meltwater Group, a leading 'software-as-a-service' company, has announced that it has taken the UK Newspaper Licensing Agency to court over what it is considering a 'link tax.'
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| December 21, 2009 |
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A consortium including the Morongo Band of Mission Indians and the Commerce Casino want to set up and operate poker websites in California, and the chair of the Governmental Organization Committee, state Senator Roderick Wright (D-Inglewood, Los Angeles County), said that he wants hearings to take place in February 2010.
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