Volume IX

Issue : 6: November 18, 2010

• U.S. Company in Hot Water Over Social Media Policy
• FCC Probes Google Over Street View Program's Collection of Personal Data
• Facebook Parody Website Preemptively Sues Facebook in the United States
• Google Forces Groggle Name Change
• Microsoft and Motorola File Patent Suits Against Each Other
• Amazon Sales Tax Suit Revived
• U.S. To Toughen Online Privacy Laws

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Amazon Sales Tax Suit Revived

A New York Appeals Court has reinstated Amazon.com’s lawsuit claiming that a state law forcing it to collect sales taxes is unconstitutional.  The original suits, filed in 2008, concern whether or not out-of-state retailers must charge sales tax on goods shipped to customers in that state.  Amazon has asserted that applying sales taxes to out-of-state Internet and other online business is unconstitutional.

Under New York law, a company without offices or employees in the state must collect sales tax if it receives revenue from affiliates located in the state.

For additional information, visit:
http://tinyurl.com/Amazon-Sales-Tax-Suit-Revived