I don't see why they could be exempt from taxes and why they should not be regulated. Ordinarily just as any person travelling to another country is subject to the laws of that country and this is true from the moment you step into their airspace or water or cyber space. What made the US take down Rojadirecta? See:
<a href="http://www.rojadirecta.com/">http://www.rojadirecta.com/</a> where you will see evidence of a domain name take down by ICE Homeland Security Investigations?<div><br></div><div>The only material difference really is that developing countries have been dormant and sleeping. If you look at the regulatory trends around the world, the developed world has been efficiently keeping companies hosting content on the Internet in check and making sure they act responsibly. All of a sudden when the "sleeping giant" awakens, ie. the developing world wanting to do the same thing there are all kinds of marketing strategies designed to take the focus away from the core issues. The reality is that this is a new day, markets are being levelled, knowledge is free and the developing world has been empowered. [<i>Slight bunny trail: If you think about how some of these countries were formerly under the dominion of others, where much of their wealth and natural resources were sized to build empires whilst their own countries lie in ruins. Countries are now awakening to build their nations, their infrastructures, their economies etc</i>]</div>
<div><br><div>Why should'nt the developing world regulate two-sided market economies? At the end of the day, the objections to "Taxation" are about the "bottom line" and if that is countries' only mechanism available for making these corporates act responsibly.</div>
<div><br></div><div>In my view the crux of the complex debates revolving around Regulations stems from the notion of "borders". Countries have the responsibility of looking out for their respective interests.</div>
<div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 1:45 AM, Fouad Bajwa <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:fouadbajwa@gmail.com" target="_blank">fouadbajwa@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<p dir="ltr">I was asked an interesting question today by a colleague on the discussion about Google's interference in national electronic commerce/e-payment, privacy and ITU-ITRs positions in developing countries in Asia. </p>
<p dir="ltr">She asked whether developing countries should regulate two-sided market economies where the platforms were US based content and services providers and tax them and design laws to prevent their interference within a sovereign country's policies?</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Fouad Bajwa</p>
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