Filed in Cloud computing | Government | International Politics | Politics
I’m for protecting IP rights when it is done right. However, allowing everyone to be cast offline because one person is in violation of infringement is far too high a price to pay. Especially, when those seeking protection have ample means to stop offenders with current policy.
PROTECT IP / SOPA Breaks The Internet from Fight for the Future on Vimeo.
Filed in Cloud computing | Government | Technology
Cities see loss of sales taxes as companies subscribe to cloud computing services and begin asking states to change tax rules.
Cloud computing is one of those disruptive shifts in technology that has Silicon Valley giddy with excitement. Just don’t expect to find local governments among those cheering this revolution.
Thanks to California’s hopelessly outdated sales tax rules, the move to delivering technology through the Web — the essence of cloud computing — is eroding the sales taxes that towns depend on to fund everything from police to parks. And as cloud computing extends its reach, it promises to further squeeze the budgets of towns that have already been pinching pennies for years.
Article source: http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/business/ci_18905836
