Netflix, Hulu Battle New Effort to Tax Digital Video

Law360: Netflix and Hulu are coming out swinging against an attempt by the city of Knoxville, Tennessee, to force the streaming services to pay franchise fees, slamming the suit as a “back-door attempt” to tax their digital video content. The streaming giants laid out their case for why their services don’t fall under the same umbrella as cable services in a pair of separate briefs filed in Tennessee federal court.