Newspapers, including the New York Times, contended that inclusion in such databases was merely a 'revision' of the original publication, and was therefore allowed under the copyright law. Consumer's groups challenge new copyright law. The Electronic Frontier Foundation, an online consumer protection group, has filed suit to overturn the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The group, citing concerns about the Act's limitations on circumventing technical copyright protection schemes, defended the actions of an e-magazine which linked to a website providing information on bypassing the copy controls on DVD players. For more information, see Wired magazine's article , or check out the Electronic Frontier Foundation .
Developed nations clarify taxation of e-commerce .
In general, companies cannot be taxed in a country where internet sales took place unless they have a unless the company has a physical presence in that country. There is a limited exemption for servers which simply route the information along to another server which performs the business function. Business Method Patents to be subject to greater scrutiny. Responding to criticism of lax standards for the granting of business method patents at the US Patent Office, the PTO announced recently that business method patent applications would be subjected to a more critical review than has recently been the case. The PTO had been criticized for granting Internet businesses broad-reaching patents on their methods of accepting user input, patents which grant those businesses complete control over those methods.