Earlier this month a California appellate court ordered that a state court could hold jurisdiction over a party that only does transactions in the state through email and telephone interaction. There are still many jurisdictional issues in telecommunications that are not yet clear, such as World Wide Web sites and Telnet sites. Answers to these issues will not only dictate jurisdiction, but also what governments have the right to tax and regulate in the Internet business. The editorial notes that many of the reasons people oppose gambling, such as its effects on the surrounding area or the government's role in enticing people to games of chance, don't apply in cyberspace. As a result, broadcasters and government officials have been traveling to various countries on trade mission trying to push their version, but so far no one is winning.
All countries are still influx on deciding between the two standards.
Dolby and Zenith have the most to gain from the acceptance of the American standards. Some American companies, most notably IBM and Hewlett-Packard, are using the European DVB standard. Tauzin explained that while he expects broadcasters to use the spectrum for a variety of services, he is concerned that some broadcasters might not provide any HDTV at all. That concern arose in part when Sinclair Broadcasting suggested that HDTV is not an economically attractive business. ABC has also said it was considering using the new spectrum to offer multiple channels in standard definition format.