Blogging, Spam, and the Taxation of Internet Transactions—Posner http://www.becker-posner-blog.com/archives/2005/05/blogging_spam_a.html The rise of the Internet has created a host of social, economic, political, and regulatory issues, a few of which we address in this week’s postings. (Another, at present under consideration by the Supreme Court in the Grokster case, is... en-us Richard Posner on spam http://www.halfsigma.com/2005/05/richard_posner_.html Richard Posner writes: A genuine externality created by the Internet that may call for some kind of government regulation is the phenomenon of "spam." He goes on to explain how spam burdens recipients while only providing a tiny benefit Regulating the Internet http://www.analphilosopher.com/posts/1116891570.shtml Judge Richard A. Posner has some interesting observations about spam, blogging, and taxation of Internet transactions. See here. Note Judge P...]]> Catching my eye: morning A through Z http://www.TheGlitteringEye.com/archives/001059.html Here's what's caught my eye this morning: I'm sorry I didn't notice it before but Smash has a superb post up: “Blood and Justice”. Dennis the Peasant has a two-part story in his Chronicles of Westerville, the Red State Lake... Posner on taxing internet sales http://vic.typepad.com/taxingblog/2005/05/posner_on_taxin.html Posner suggests that we start taxing internet sales.