December 11, 2011
OP-ED | MPAA Overreaches in Attempts to Thwart Piracy
by Lon Seidman | December 11, 2011 10:15am
The late Steve Jobs’ negotiations with the recording industry are now the stuff of legend. He famously told clueless music executives who refused to offer their product digitally that they had their “heads up their asses” and needed to start selling their content in the least restrictive way to save their industry.
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Tags: SOPA, Stop Online Piracy Act, Congress, Dodd, MPAA, Eckhart, Digital Millenium Copyright Act, DMCA, copyright, censorship, hollywood
June 11, 2011
CTTechJunkie Podcast #2: Getting to the Bottom of the Amazon Tax
by Lon Seidman and Doug Hardy | June 11, 2011 10:30pm
Hartford tax attorney Daniel L. Gottfried, a tax partner at Rogin Nassau LLC, joins Lon and Doug to discuss the “Amazon Tax” and what it means for future Internet taxation.
Listen by clicking the play button on the audio player below, and below that is the chatroom conversation that took place during the live broadcast.
Click here to download the 45 minute interview.
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Tags: Amazon, sales tax, Connecticut
June 10, 2011
ANALYSIS | Taxed States Seek to Tax Amazon Sales
by Lon Seidman | June 10, 2011 9:27pm
The debate over the “Amazon Tax” continued this week with the company announcing, as many expected, the cancellation of Connecticut-based affiliate marketing contracts. The changes impact website operators who are linking to Amazon and receiving a commission based on the sales those links generate.
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