Negative Space: Amazon
- California threatens Amazon, kills affiliate programs
- By this time, California had to know that its new law would not bring in new tax revenue. The tax headaches aren’t worth the trouble of maintaining affiliate programs. The only reason to pass the law was to kill affiliate programs at places like Amazon and Overstock. I don’t understand; what is it about affiliate programs that states don’t like?
- George Orwell’s incinerator
- Amazon shows by doing why digital restriction management on consumer items is a bad idea.
- Punishing low-tax states
- An Internet sales tax that looks at the customer’s state instead of the seller’s state punishes states with low sales taxes and inhibits competition.
- Regulations cost money
- Regulations cost money. Do politicians really not understand this?
- Why does Amazon get the links?
- Why, when I love independent games, independent music, independent movies, independent comics, and independent books, do I link to Amazon.com for all of those?
