Will This Year's Tax Free Online Purchases Be Your Last? (Audio: Interview)
On WGTK's Joe Elliott Show, Merrill Matthews discusses the latest on the ill-named Marketplace Fairness Act and where it may stand if the cromnibus spending bill passes. Plus, what's next for Obama's calls for more onerous net neutrality regulations, as well as the latest on the administration's transferring control of the Internet root zone functions over to some yet-to-be-determined multi-stakeholder organization.
Obama Calls For Aggressive Internet, ISP Regulations
Ted Cruz calls it “Obamacare for the Internet.” IPI president Tom Giovanetti joins 660 AM The Answer’s Mark Davis to take listener calls and discuss President Obama’s urging the FCC to enforce the most aggressive and onerous kind of net neutrality regulations for the Internet, even to the extent of treating ISPs as utility companies.
Video: Giving Away the Internet?
In remarks delivered at the 2014 Red State Gathering, IPI president Tom Giovanetti warns that a majority of the world’s countries would like to see the functions of the Internet severed from the United States in order to change the way it works, and make it easier to filter and restrict websites, free speech, and especially political speech.
SCOTUS Decisions on Aereo, Cell Phone Privacy, NLRB Appointments (IPI Podcast)
This week the Supremes ruled favorably not only for property rights and civil liberties, but also delivered a hefty bench slap on a White House power grab.
A Tale of Two Internet Tax Bills (Podcast)
In this week's podcast, IPI's Bartlett Cleland and Tom Giovanetti tackle two very different bills on Internet tax: the Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act and the Marketplace Fairness Act.
Why Aren't Companies Protesting U.S. Giving Up Control of the Internet? (Audio: Interview)
IPI’s Tom Giovanetti discusses with Vicki McKenna the threat of how some of the world’s most repressive political regimes are one step closer to controlling the Internet, and why many U.S. companies surprisingly sound supportive of the idea.