[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 11, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 11CFR100.94]

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                       TITLE 11--FEDERAL ELECTIONS
 
                 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
 
PART 100_SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS (2 U.S.C. 431)--Table of Contents
 
                  Subpart C_Exceptions to Contributions
 
Sec.  100.94  Uncompensated Internet activity by individuals that is not a 

contribution.

    (a) When an individual or a group of individuals, acting 
independently or in coordination with any candidate, authorized 
committee, or political party committee, engages in Internet activities 
for the purpose of influencing a Federal election, neither of the 
following is a contribution by that individual or group of individuals:
    (1) The individual's uncompensated personal services related to such 
Internet activities;
    (2) The individual's use of equipment or services for uncompensated 
Internet activities, regardless of who owns the equipment and services.
    (b) Internet activities. For the purposes of this section, the term 
``Internet activities'' includes, but is not limited to: Sending or 
forwarding electronic messages; providing a hyperlink or other direct 
access to another person's Web site; blogging; creating, maintaining or 
hosting a Web site; paying a nominal fee for the use of another person's 
Web site; and any other form of communication distributed over the 
Internet.
    (c) Equipment and services. For the purposes of this section, the 
term ``equipment and services'' includes, but is not limited to: 
Computers, software, Internet domain names, Internet Service Providers 
(ISP), and any other technology that is used to provide access to or use 
of the Internet.
    (d) Paragraph (a) of this section also applies to any corporation 
that is wholly owned by one or more individuals, that engages primarily 
in Internet activities, and that does not derive a substantial portion 
of its revenues from sources other than income from its Internet 
activities.
    (e) This section does not exempt from the definition of 
contribution:
    (1) Any payment for a public communication (as defined in 11 CFR 
100.26) other than a nominal fee;
    (2) Any payment for the purchase or rental of an e-mail address list 
made at the direction of a political committee; or
    (3) Any payment for an e-mail address list that is transferred to a 
political committee.

[71 FR 18613, Apr. 12, 2006]

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