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According to the Los Angeles Times, "several states are poised to institute new taxes on Internet access the moment the current moratorium lapses.

It was the best of policies, it was the worst of policies.

Using a well-established U.S. government model and the latest copyright piracy figures, this study concludes that, each year, copyright piracy from motion pictures, sound recordings, business and entertainment software and video games costs the U.S. economy $58.0 billion in total output, costs American workers 373,375 jobs and $16.3 billion in earnings, and costs federal, state, and local governments $2.6 billion in tax revenue.

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The Law of the Sea Treaty, rejected by President Ronald Reagan, is back before the U.S. Senate. The LOST turns unowned natural resources over to the UN; creates a byzantine regulatory structure for seabed mining; establishes international taxation without congressional approval; and transfers U.S. technology to Third World states. It also subjects American navigational rights to international arbitration.

This week is the annual General Assembly of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), which was set up to administer the 1883 Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property and the 1883 Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works.

You know how children, especially the strong-willed ones, will occasionally decide to test the will and determination of their parents, just to see how much they can get away with? Well, that’s pretty much where we are on the bill reauthorizing and greatly expanding the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).

In a few weeks the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will hold a town hall meeting to examine the public policy issues involved in “online behavioral advertising.

No, but it does need to be better understood.

For the fourth time in nine years Congress is again struggling with whether taxes that discriminate against electronic commerce should be allowed.