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Should Auld e-Commerce Be Forgot?

By Stanley P. Jaskiewicz
January 29, 2008
For many, 2008 began with the timeless strains of 'Should auld acquaintance be forgot.' But for e-commerce practitioners, there's no time for celebrating: The pace of change is constant. Information is out of date almost as soon as it has been published, as new technology may in itself, and certainly will help, competitors race to unseat those who came before. In that spirit, then, let's look back over some of the subjects that have recently appeared on these pages, to see how the law and business of e-commerce have developed since we first wrote about them.

A Taxing Topic

Not surprisingly, the law on Internet taxation remains unsettled ' just as it has been every time we have written about it. In late 2007, Congress once again (as it has done several times) put off a decision on making the Internet Tax Freedom Act permanent. That law prevents state and local governments from taxing Internet access services (in the same way they add charges to your phone bills ' see, www.informationweek.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=202801131).

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