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You are herePiracyMore eBay-Skype hypocrisy!Submitted by Scott Cleland on Mon, 2007-10-29 10:58Isn't it illuminating that eBay, the online auction monopoly with 95% market share per Jupiter Research, and the owner of Skype that is lobbying hard for regulation and legislation to force the "unlocking of phones" and mandate net neutrality regulation -- is so uncooperative with law enforcement trying to crack down on organized theft?
Reuters reported last week: "U.S. retailers want online sellers to fight theft."
Seems like more hypocrisy and situational ethics from eBay, where they seek corporate welfare from government, while not cooperating fully with law enforcement to fight "organized theft."
Google's problem with having an algorithm for a soul...Submitted by Scott Cleland on Fri, 2007-10-19 14:06Kudos to the Wall Street Journal for a highly-illuminating page-one story: "Google under fire over controversial site" because it provides a rare window into the soul of the company who's purported company's motto is "Don't be evil." At its core, Google is a "math cult" of mathematicians/computer scientists whose core belief is that most any problem can eventually be solved by one of Google's cutting-edge computer algorithms.
A big theme I have written about with Google is that it has a culture of "innovation without permission" which I have translated to mean there are few internal controls or little adult or human supervision at Google. The Wall Street Journal article provides an outstanding case study of this point -- that Google cares little about the non-algorithmic aspects of technology and/or business. News Corp needles Google for not protecting copyright -- Is Google an "honest" broker?Submitted by Scott Cleland on Fri, 2007-10-05 10:55Google just can't seem to get on the right side of copyright law -- or the law in general for that matter.
The point here is that Google clearly has the wherewithal to not violate copyright, but they are making a business decision that it is better or more profitable for Google to disrespect copyright law rather than to respect copyright law. AP: "Ethics group urges Congress to examine Google's Copyright controls"Submitted by Scott Cleland on Mon, 2007-10-01 10:25Google's copyright kleptomania just can't stay out of the news for long. Per the AP/San Jose Mercury News last week:
I am a panelist with Tim Wu at Future of Music Conference 9-17Submitted by Scott Cleland on Fri, 2007-09-14 18:15I am on a Broadband Policy panel on Monday at 4:45 at the Future of Music Summit with a couple of the lead folks who champion net neutrality: Professor Tim Wu, who coined the term, and Ben Scott, of Free Press who has slickly popularized it in close coordination with Moveon.org.
Leveling the Playing Field: how does broadband policy affect musicians? Congress and the FCC are currently working a series of initiatives designed to revise the telecommunications regulatory framework, with everything from spectrum reform, to broadband deployment, to network neutrality on the table. How will proposed revisions impact musicians, citizens and technologists? How does broadband policy intersect with concerns about protecting intellectual property? What would a pro-musician Telecom Act look like?
How Google systematically misrepresents its services as "free"Submitted by Scott Cleland on Wed, 2007-08-29 18:50Google openly represents its value in the marketplace as supplying users with "free" services: free search, free email, free docs/spreadsheet/other applications, free content, etc. I'll be speaking at Conservative Leadership Conference on new media in Oct.Submitted by Scott Cleland on Fri, 2007-08-24 16:26I am very excited to be attending, and to be one of the speakers, at the Conservative Leadership Conference on "Conservatives and New Media" in Reno Nevada, October 11-13.
The left is massively more organized and involved in new media than conservatives, so I am thrilled to help the CLC, Chuck Muth et al -- build a formidable conservative counterweight to the liberal-dominated blogosphere and new media. I heartily encourage like-minded folks to attend, learn, and get better at promoting free-market, limited government principles over the Internet.
WSJ "Googling 'Monopoly' Op-Ed SuperficialSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Tue, 2007-08-21 13:56Google must be worried about their Doubleclick acquisition having arranged an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal today entitled Googling 'Monopoly' by PFF President Tom Lenard and Emory University professor Paul Rubin.
First, let me say that I genuinely respect Mr Lenard and Mr. Rubin, and understand that on antitrust issues, analysts can honestly disagree on outcomes and impacts. Who is America's most notorious scofflaw?Submitted by Scott Cleland on Thu, 2007-08-02 18:26The outrage over Google-Youtube's complicity in rampant content theft and piracy continues to spread around the world.
Let's focus on the corporate scofflaw pattern here: American, Japanese, and European content owners accross a wide swath of content industries are all outraged and suing Google for theft. "Google-aganda:" Do as I say not as I do" See great Network World pieceSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Thu, 2007-08-02 09:27Johna Till Johnson of Network World, has got Google's number in the article "Net Neutrality? Google, go first!"
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