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It's a fantastic way to discourage Internet-based companies from installing a presence in Chicago.

Shhhhh... Don't broadcast your flouting of your state's Use Tax like that!

I said I paid no sales tax. That is accurate and legal. I mentioned nothing about use tax! =)

They could have or want to have servers in Chicago. They need to cache content close to users, so the probably have hardware like OpenConnect [1] all over creation.

[1] http://oc.nflxvideo.net/docs/OpenConnect-Deployment-Guide.pd...

Close to != in

Netflix has (had?) a DVD processing/mailing center in Carol Stream, a suburb of Chicago.

Amazon is eyeing warehouse/shipping space in Joliet.