Now comes news that 4 members of Congress have introduced a bill, the so-called Marketplace Fairness Act, which would allow, but not force, states to collect taxes on Internet sales.

Surprisingly, Amazon has come out in favor of the bill, providing that taxes are collected in a uniform manner. So why the change of heart? Is Amazon now large enough that the additional imposition of taxes won’t matter to its juggernaut status? Or does it see Internet sales taxes as being inevitable, and it’s just trying to favor the best and easiest approach for its e-commerce process?

Are you in favor of an Internet sales tax?

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TuneCore has generate $32 million in sales in the past 22 months, so it seems independent musicians are increasingly warming up to the idea to release on TuneCore and completely cut the studios out of the process.

Given the increasingly sophisticated prosumer sound equipment available to indie musicians, it seems the major studios more and more have no answer to question, “Why sign with a studio?”

I think the beginning of the end (or at least major changes) for major label recording studios are in sight.

The story is being discussed on Slashdot here.

Blogs discussing the story include the Daily Swarm, Linux Plus, and Dummies.

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