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You are hereIntellectual PropertyGoogle's "Trusted Stores" -- A SatireSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Thu, 2011-10-06 11:31Brandi Sparkles, Google's satirical spokesperson, returns for a press conference to explain Google's new Trusted Stores Badge.
Google's "Infringenovation" SecretsSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Mon, 2011-10-03 17:10Much of Google's claimed innovation actually depends upon anti-competitive infringement of others property and privacy.
Google's Extreme Makeover of its HeritageSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Tue, 2011-09-27 19:03See my Forbes Tech Capitalist blog on Google's disingenuous free market charm offensive at the Heritage Foundation today -- here.
Am on C-Span's Communicators Show on Google Antitrust HearingSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Sat, 2011-09-24 15:43This week's C-Span Communicators show covers the Google Antitrust hearing. See video here. I was interviewed for fifteen minutes from the Google critic perspective and David Balto was interviewed for fifteen minutes from the Google proponent perspective.
"The Communicators" airs on Saturday at 6:30 ET and on Monday at 8am and 8pm on C-Span2.
Google 21st Century Robber BaronSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Mon, 2011-09-19 17:47See my Forbes post "Google 21st Century Robber Baron" which briefly tells the story of Google's Robber Baron rap sheet, in advance of Google's Wednesday Senate antitrust hearing.
The post also explains why Google's Board of Directors have been AWOL while all this scofflaw behavior has been going on. Satirical Preview of Google's Senate Antitrust Testimony -- Google's Pinocchio Defense Part XSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Tue, 2011-09-13 18:58Mr. Chairman and Ranking Member, it is a real pleasure to be here today, and thank you again for not issuing that formal subpoena you had to threaten in order to compel us to testify. Let me begin my testimony by taking this opportunity to divert the media’s attention from this hearing by making a series of Google public announcements that our news algorithms predict will bury news of today’s hearing on the second page of most search results.
Why Google's Motorola Patent Play Backfires -- My Forbes Tech Capitalist PostSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Fri, 2011-09-09 18:44I am now also a contributor for Forbes writing the Tech Capitalist blog:
Netflix' UneconomicsSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Tue, 2011-09-06 11:58Netflix' continues to exhibit serious difficulties grasping basic economics, competition and value. First, Netflix is lowering its value to customers.
Second, Netflix is shifting its costs to its customers.
Third, Netflix is chasing away the premium content its subscribers demand. My Forbes Op-Ed: "Google Asserts Property Rights Are Anti-Competitive"Submitted by Scott Cleland on Fri, 2011-08-12 17:39To understand how Google is deceptively misdirecting attention away from their own ignominious record of serial property infringement by loudly accusing its competitors of being anti-competitive for enforcing their patent rights, see my new Forbes op-ed: "Google Asserts Property Rights Are Anti-Competitive." This is important because:
Few have connected the dots of how Google's serial mass infringement of competitors' property has been integral to Google's rapid monopolization of the search business and its strategy to rapidly extend that search business market power in most every direction. Simply, no one can compete with unabashed property infringers. Find the op-ed here. Google's Pirate Side -- My "Daily Caller" Op-ed on DOJ's Criminal Probe of GoogleSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Mon, 2011-06-06 17:04My new op-ed, "Google's Pirate Side" in the Daily Caller, about the Department of Justice's reported criminal investigation of Google's longstanding promotion of rogue pharmacy sales, despite repeated warnings from law enforcement, tells the story of how this Google scofflaw behavior is consistent with Google's pirate escapades in other areas.
Google's serial disrespect for people, privacy, property, and the rule of law are core themes of my new book: Search & Destroy Why You Can't Trust Google Inc.
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