pornography

Gov't tries to revive Web porn law called outdated

Newsvine - business  Wed, 06/11/2008 - 00:22

Government lawyers tried Tuesday to revive a 1998 law designed to keep online pornography from children, amid questions that it is significantly outdated and blocks too much legal speech while having no effect on content posted from overseas.


 

Taxman to tap iTunes, pornography?

Newsvine - business  Wed, 03/19/2008 - 11:03

A Democrat in the California State Assembly has introduced a plan that would tap into the lucrative flow of money on the Internet, and apply what amounts to a sales tax on every download of a digital file, such as songs from the popular iTunes website.