The North Carolina legislature is considering a bill that would not only specifically tax music, movies, books, and ringtones, but also virtually any other digital good.

House Bill 558 and Senate Bill 487 would tax goods "delivered or accessed electronically" - a clear shot at North Carolina's booming software technology sector.  Leave it to your imagination to come up with other goods this vague bill could start taxing - online streaming videos, movies in hotel rooms, etc.

Just last year, California lawmakers rejected a similar bill due to concerns that it would drive employers from key industries out of state, taking jobs and tax revenue with them.  In fact, some states are proactively working to entice digital vendors and other high tech companies into their state by exempting them from this tax.  Wyoming and North Dakota recently passed legislation that would exempt products delivered electronically just this year.

Click here to tell your state representative and senator that imposing taxes on digital goods is not only bad for consumers, it's bad for North Carolina's high-tech industry too.