Currently, royalty schemes for internet streaming services are facing possible changes in Congress as two bills, the Internet Radio Fairness Act and the Interim First Act, have been recently introduced.

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That, in turn, has racked up big bills for internet advertising and office overheads.

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Even so, by offering an easy way for people to pay their monthly bills over the Internet, the firm has found a welcome in cyberspace.

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Several bills in Congress have been introduced, with names such as the "Internet Freedom Act, " that remove restrictions on RBOCs which the RBOCs claim stifle both local and long-distance broadband deployments.

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All across the internet today, websites have gone dark to protest two bills in congress that aim at cracking down on online piracy.

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More debt, however, will help neither Softbank nor the Internet start-ups it invests in, because neither can afford the interest bills.

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