But what if the bill makes you pay ALL appreciable sales tax, not just your state?
What if Online retailers decide to find the highest sales tax in the country and make everyone pay that on top of the shipping and handling just to cover their bases?
Pringle and Reinhold!
Yes Pringle and Reinhold!
One's a chain smoker!
The other's completely lame!
They're ordinary joes!
Who step on other people's toes!
Yes Pringle! Pringle and Rein, Rein, Rein, Rein, Rein, Rein, Rein, Rein, Rein, Reinhold!
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Uh, yes, the VCR and Betamax WERE seen as great piracy enablers.
Don't forget that Mr. Rodgers had to come out and say that the piracy that the MPAA feared was a GOOD thing to get Congress and the SCotUS to side with the Betamax and VCR over the MPAA.
On the post: Senator Wyden Takes A Stand Against Overbroad Tax On Internet Transactions
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What if Online retailers decide to find the highest sales tax in the country and make everyone pay that on top of the shipping and handling just to cover their bases?
Sure, it's all what-ifs right now, but...
Sometimes what-ifs become reality.
On the post: Senator Wyden Takes A Stand Against Overbroad Tax On Internet Transactions
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Other states have a 2.5% sales tax. And others have 8%, some have none.
See how it gets tricky quickly?
On the post: Former DHS Official Says Boston Bombing Proves ACLU & EFF Are Wrong About Surveillance And CISPA
Re: So... Are you still FOR surveillance by Google and Facebook?
On the post: Megaupload Points Out That The DOJ Has Contradicted Itself Concerning Legality Of Serving Megaupload
Whoops!
They messed with the law!
They're not that innocent!
On the post: YouTube Wins Yet Another Complete Victory Over Viacom; Court Mocks Viacom's Ridiculous Legal Theories
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On the post: Former DHS Official Says Boston Bombing Proves ACLU & EFF Are Wrong About Surveillance And CISPA
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Then the rich, the powerful and the influential will finally realize that they should have taken more care of us in the past.
On the post: San Diego Cop Thinks You Might Have Turned Your Cell Phone Into A Gun And That 'Officer Safety' Trumps Constitutional Rights
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Pringle and Reinhold!
Yes Pringle and Reinhold!
One's a chain smoker!
The other's completely lame!
They're ordinary joes!
Who step on other people's toes!
Yes Pringle! Pringle and Rein, Rein, Rein, Rein, Rein, Rein, Rein, Rein, Rein, Reinhold!
*BANG!*
On the post: YouTube Wins Yet Another Complete Victory Over Viacom; Court Mocks Viacom's Ridiculous Legal Theories
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On the post: San Diego Cop Thinks You Might Have Turned Your Cell Phone Into A Gun And That 'Officer Safety' Trumps Constitutional Rights
A phone that can be used as a gun?
On the post: CISPA Passes The House, As 288 Representatives Don't Want To Protect Your Privacy
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It's better to remain quiet and thought a fool than open your mouth and remove all doubt after all.
On the post: CISPA Renders Online Privacy Agreements Meaningless, But Sponsor Sees No Reason To Fix That
Re: Re: "doesn't compel companies"? -- No, it REWARDS them!
At least they'll do a better job than what we have now.
On the post: EFF On IsoHunt: Bad Facts Make Bad Law
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Don't forget that Mr. Rodgers had to come out and say that the piracy that the MPAA feared was a GOOD thing to get Congress and the SCotUS to side with the Betamax and VCR over the MPAA.
On the post: EFF On IsoHunt: Bad Facts Make Bad Law
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On the post: EFF On IsoHunt: Bad Facts Make Bad Law
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On the post: Judge Finds Himself In Contempt Of Court When His New Smartphone Interrupts Closing Arguments
Impressive...
Nice to see that it happened here.
On the post: DMCA As Censorship: Chilling Effects On Research
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On the post: DMCA As Censorship: Chilling Effects On Research
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And, last I checked, that wasn't acceptable in society.
On the post: White House Petition Launched To 'Recast Copyright For The Digital Age'
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I'm stealing this!
*Runs to go post this at DeviantArt.*
On the post: White House Petition Launched To 'Recast Copyright For The Digital Age'
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I don't watch cat videos, unless I look for them.
I generally watch other things or listen to music via Youtube.
On the post: DMCA As Censorship: Chilling Effects On Research
Re: Well, let's "research" shutting down more file hosts...
It doesn't take into consideration the global recession.
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