Google Acknowledges the Piracy Problem
Taken for a Ride on Occupancy Taxes
It's not surprising that Saratoga County is attempting to inappropriately extend existing occupancy taxes beyond the actual price paid for the hotel room, under some discredited theory that the County is somehow getting stiffed by online travel companies.
Outsourcing and Jobs
The WIPO and North Korea Matter
Lincome Tax Relief
Federal Primacy in Action
Arizona and the Supreme Court Ruling
Nigel Farage on the EU bailout
2,000 new top level domains?
"We will either find a way or make one."
Lunch today with Commissioner McDowell, and a riff on the ITU
We had a great luncheon in Dallas today with a lot of IPI friends who gathered to hear FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell. If you missed it, well . . . .you missed it.
In conversation with IPI’s Bartlett Cleland, Commissioner McDowell talked about a wide range of policy issues running the gamut from broadcaster issues and decency regulation, wireless and spectrum issues, and even FCC regulation of children’s toys.
Commissioner McDowell stressed the importance of the attempt by some countries to leave the current multi-stakeholder model of Internet governance and move toward one dominated by governments. In particular he warned that those who want to use the United Nations specialty organization the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) were well organized and sophisticated, that they are patient incrementalists, and that the attempt would be subtle rather than brazen. And that their ultimate plan is a “global USF” fund to finance broadband in developing countries.
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