iAWFUL August 2009

The August 2009 iAWFUL Top Ten
  1. Maine Predatory Marketing Law (10 MRSA c.1055) - What’s AWFUL? Creates an unprecedented prohibition on collecting information about and marketing to teenagers.
  2. Hotel Taxes on Online Travel Companies - What’s AWFUL? Travel sites are being threatened with wrong tax rate in the wrong jurisdiction.
  3. New Jersey Social Networking Bill (A 3757) – What’s AWFUL? It turns social networking sites into social networking police.
  4. New iTunes Taxes Without Legislation – What’s AWFUL? Discriminates against goods and services sold online versus offline.
  5. North Carolina Digital Downloads Tax Bill (HB 558/S 487) – What’s AWFUL? Discourages the Greenest Way to Purchase Music and Other Content.
  1. North Carolina Tickets Bill (SB 99) – What’s AWFUL? Taxes the Internet (and only the Internet) resale of tickets.
  2. Federal Bills on Organized Retail Crime – What’s AWFUL? They create extraordinary burdens on online marketplaces.
  3. Massachusetts Online Advertising Bill – What’s AWFUL? It threatens the viability of new business models on the Web.
  4. North Carolina Advertising Nexus Proposal – What’s AWFUL? Unconstitutionally expands sales tax burdens to out-of-state businesses.
  5. New York Online Employment Services Taxation Issue – What’s AWFUL? Discriminates against Internet services.

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