iAWFUL's Updated Top Ten List of Worst Proposed Internet Laws

NetChoice released its first iAWFUL list of 2010 last week. [Press Release]. The Internet Advocates’ Watchlist for Ugly Laws (iAWFUL) lists the worst proposed Internet laws in America. Here's the current Top 10:

1. Expanding rulemaking powers of the Federal Trade Commission.
2. Forcing Advertisers to become Tax Collectors (California, Colorado, Illinois, Maryland, Vermont, and Virginia)
3. Hotel Taxes on Online Travel Companies
4. Expanding Internet Sales taxation, based on inflated expectations and inadequate simplifications
5. Restricting Free Trial Offers (Maine and Oregon)
6. New Taxes on Digital Downloads (Colorado, Indiana, Wyoming, and Vermont)
7. New Jersey Social Networking Bill
8. Security Breach Notice Bills (Illinois and Mississippi)
9. Maine Predatory Marketing Law
10. Right of Publicity Bills (Hawaii, Indiana, Massachusetts and New York)

Details here. [JH]