Archive for the ‘Tech Policy’ Category

EU Challenges ACTA

Monday, March 15th, 2010

The European parliament passed a resolution this weekend challenging some of core elements of ACTA, challenging the assumption that the EU is saturated with spineless bureaucrats. The resolution brings up issues such as:

  • Internet disconnection without a judge or court examination
  • Personal border searches
  • The potential of increased border inspection and seizure to be used against legitimate products
  • Three strikes policy
  • Failure to include developing nations in negotiations

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IRS to Track Online Payments

Monday, March 8th, 2010

In the midst of financial ruin and economic chaos, the United States government quickly scrambled to revive a broken system. Working tirelessly to come up with something, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 was born, putting taxpayers on the hook for bank’s bad investments. Because of the emergency situation, there was no time to put in regulations to prevent this $700 billion abuse in the future. However, there was time to put in some IRS tax reform to make sure those pesky internet tax evaders don’t get away with any funny business. (more…)