Last week, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) launched a new proceeding to determine the best way forward to preserve open Internet access in the United States. The FCC is seeking public comment from everyone impacted by the Internet, including consumers and small businesses. The first round of comments are due to the FCC on July 15th, 2014. For more information on the FCC’s proceeding and to access the questions currently proposed, please
Wayne Johnson, owner of Angler’s Habitat, a small tech-enabled business selling fly fishing supplies in Caldwell, Idaho, submitted a letter to The Idaho Press Tribune expressing his concerns with the Internet sales tax legislation currently pending in the U.S. Congress. Johnson, who employs local residents and contributes to his local economy, explained the legislation would require online businesses to serve as tax collectors for states all around the country.
In response to the FCC vote last week on network neutrality and the Open Internet, The Computer & Communications Industry Association, an international, nonprofit association representing a broad cross section of computer, communications and Internet industry firms, made the following statements:
Tom Giovanetti, President of the Institute for Policy Innovation, published an op-ed in The Detroit News that called on the Michigan state legislature to pass legislation that would end restrictions on ticket resales. Currently, Michigan has a law dating all the way back to the 1930s that restricts the ability of Michigan consumers to resell event tickets they have purchased. The law also specifically makes i