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Calif. Senate Greenlights Anti-Piracy Bill

The California Senate approved a bill this week that could put a damper on businesses and individuals that distribute copyrighted material for profit.

Senate Finally Backs Internet Tax Ban

After laboring over the issue of Internet taxation since November 2003, the U.S. Senate voted 93 to 3 to give the ban on taxing high-speed, wireless and dial-up services another four years.

U.S. Senate Moves to Ban Net Taxes

The United States Senate is once again mulling over the issue of Internet taxation, only this time, President George Bush is weighing in loud and clear that the 1998 moratorium on state and local taxes for Internet connections should stand.

Senate Closer to Indecency Bill

The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee plans to finish work on a broadcast indecency bill on Tuesday and send it to the Senate floor, where it is expected to pass overwhelmingly.

Senate Reinforces Obscenity Laws

A battle cry against porn was answered by the United States Senate recently in the form of a resolution to step-up enforcement of national obscenity laws

Senate Trips-Up Net Taxation Ban

Senators are getting anxious as the deadline for a decision on Internet taxation grows near. The original deadline was Nov. 1 and has since been postponed twice as senators debate the bill's wording and long-term ramifications

Senate Delays Internet Tax Ban

In what has proven to be a far more difficult issue to resolve than expected, the U.S. Senate failed to decide whether to permanently extend the ban on Internet taxation