The Federal Communications Commission has addressed whether Internet telephony providers must pay access charges, as well as other Internet issues

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The FCC has yielded to the wishes of established telephone companies and some members of Congress to make some regulation of Internet telephony in view of such rapid growth in this innovation that conventional telephony might be affected. In so doing, the FCC has stated it will preserve the free market for the Internet, unfettered by regulation. The FCC will concentrate on phone-to-phone Internet services which are functionally equivalent to conventional telecommunications systems. This represents a departure for the FCC away from its previously not regulating Internet services.

United States, Innovations, Internet, United States. Federal Communications Commission, Computer-telephone integration, Computer telephony

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Convention on sale of goods: a global U.C.C.? It could bring uniformity to world markets, once citzens of member states learn about it

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The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, entered into force in the US on Jan 1, 1988, should help make international trade more uniform. The parties' places of business governs the international nature of the transaction. The parties must act according to the usage and practices they have agreed on. Remedies upon the buyer's and seller's breach and how to interpret the convention are summarized.

International trade, Harmonization of laws, International trade regulation, international

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