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You are hereCopyrightTranslating Google's spectacular earnings callSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Fri, 2007-04-20 09:45Google turned in another awe-inspring financial performance in 1Q07. Pick your news report for the basics. All you need to know is revenue growth was up 63%. Wow!
Let me translate some of the earnings call: Top 10 questions for reporters/analysts to ask Google on its earnings callSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Thu, 2007-04-19 10:25Given my recent 10-page white paper which analyzes the antitrust and competitive implications of the Google-DoubleClick merger, I thought it would be helpful public service to pose some questions that reporters/analysts consider asking Google's CEO Mr. Schmidt on Google's earnings call.
How Google-Double-Click is exploiting antitrust law's soft underbellySubmitted by Scott Cleland on Mon, 2007-04-16 13:59The news of Google acquiring Double-Click prompted me to spend a good part of my weekend analyzing the competitive implications of this seminal proposed acquisition for the future of the Internet. My analysis focused on answering the following key questions of interest:
Summary of my conclusions: More evidence of Google's systematic theftSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Tue, 2007-04-10 10:43The body of evidence from mainstream sources that Google systematically steals other's property continues to pile up.
So Google supporters are probably asking "so what?"
Bottom line: Google likes to brag about its culture of pursuing "innovation without permission."
Utah holds Google accountable for its "trademark Indentity theft"Submitted by Scott Cleland on Mon, 2007-04-09 19:21It seems that more folks have Google's "number."
It seems Google is learning the lesson the hard way -- that those in glass houses should not throw stones. Viacom Sues Google for "clearly illegal" business model -- its a growing patternSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Tue, 2007-03-13 12:14The WSJ is reporting that Viacom has sued Google for $1b in damages for stealing its copyrighted content.
Microsoft decries "Google-ism" -- Cheating for the massesSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Tue, 2007-03-06 10:45Kudos to Microsoft for finally making a high profile challenge to Google's "cavalier" approach to copyright as reported in the lead story of the FT and in the WSJ today. It's about time that Microsoft figured out that a key element of Google's phenomenal success is simply that Google does not play by the same rules as other law-abiding companies.
Under what authority does Google operate in carrying out its corporate mission?
Google cheats. and cheating is core to Google's long term business model. Let's review the evidence of Google's cheating: Pages |