Realtors try to halt Transfer Tax

Eli, Steve and James discuss the real estate industry’s attempts to stop the Massachusetts legislature from letting cities and towns adopt a real estate transfer tax, Houston dropping ShotSpotter, Oral-B removing Alexa from four year old toothbrushes, the top EU court invalidating privacy when copyright monopolists want it and a shoutout to our fellow Pirates competing in the European Parliamentary elections.

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Links we discussed:

• A tax on high-dollar home sales had a clear path on Beacon Hill. Then the real estate industry stepped in.
• Houston, Texas Poised To Become The Next Major City To Drop ShotSpotter;
• Oral-B Takes ‘Alexa’ Feature Away From Its Toothbrush Base 4 Years After Selling Them;
• Top EU Court Says There’s No Right To Online Anonymity, Because Copyright Is More Important.

Image Credit: James O’Keefe, CC By-SA 4.0

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