03/30: Microsoft, Google, Amazon.com, eBay, Yahoo! and IAC Come Together to Contest Web Bill
Posted by Patrick
Microsoft, Google fight Web bill:
Via Bink.nu.
Microsoft Corp. and Google Inc. say language included in a U.S. House bill doesn't go far enough to protect them from fees that Internet service providers might charge for delivering their content. ...
"This bill sends a bad signal to those companies spending billions of dollars to invest in Internet content," said Gerard Waldron, an attorney at Covington & Burling in Washington, D.C. Waldron is fighting the legislation for Microsoft and Mountain View, Calif.-based Google, as well as Amazon.com Inc., eBay Inc., Yahoo! Inc. and IAC/InterActiveCorp.
"This bill sends a bad signal to those companies spending billions of dollars to invest in Internet content," said Gerard Waldron, an attorney at Covington & Burling in Washington, D.C. Waldron is fighting the legislation for Microsoft and Mountain View, Calif.-based Google, as well as Amazon.com Inc., eBay Inc., Yahoo! Inc. and IAC/InterActiveCorp.
Via Bink.nu.
