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You are hereCorporate Welfare10 Questions for Google's Tax DodgeSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Thu, 2010-10-21 17:38Top Ten: We learned today that Google has the lowest foreign tax rate of the top five U.S. tech companies, an eyebrow-raising 2.4%, and that Google "cut its taxes by $3.1b in the last three years using a technique that moves most of its foreign profits through Ireland and the Netherlands to Bermuda," per an outstanding investigative expose by Jesse Drucker of Bloomberg. This exceptional tax dodging feat, while reportedly technically legal, nonetheless raises some important questions that no one has yet asked Google.
Google Fiber Lottery Preying on Distressed CommunitiesSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Mon, 2010-07-19 12:10The Google Fiber for Communities pledge to offer one or more U.S. communities ultra-fast Internet access at one gigabit speeds, is Google's latest stealth manipulation of the public.
How do we know this Google fiber lottery is stealth manipulation? Google and the Internet Bed it Made -- Contortions of Justifying a Google Exemption From PrinciplesSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Thu, 2010-07-15 10:54Google strongly legitimized the problem of "search neutrality" in arguing in detail in an FT op-ed today why Google's search should not be neutral. NetCompetition Statement on FCC's Broadband Legal Framework NOISubmitted by Scott Cleland on Thu, 2010-06-17 14:06FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June, 17 2010 Contact: Scott Cleland 703-217-2407
“FCC Regulating the Internet like a Phone Company Would Enthrone “Ma Google” “FCC’s Broadband De-competition Policy Would Accelerate Google-opolization of the Net”
FCC's non-technology-neutral proposals perversely promote discrimination -- per Phoenix Center reportSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Fri, 2010-03-05 12:41George Ford of the Phoenix Center has penned another incisive analysis about the real world impact of net neutrality and the FCC's Proposed Open Internet regulations.
How much should Google be subsidized?Submitted by Scott Cleland on Wed, 2010-02-17 14:28Pending FCC policy proposals in the National Broadband Plan and the Open Internet regulation proceeding would vastly expand the implicit multi-billion dollar subisidies Google already enjoys, as by far the largest user of Internet bandwidth and the smallest contributor to the Internet's cost relative to its use. Interestingly, the FCC's largely Google-driven policy proposals effectively would:
I. Does Google need more subsidies? Google is one of the most-profitable, fastest-growing, cash-rich companies in the world, with over $10b in annual free cash flow, 17% revenue growth, and ~$25b in cash on hand. Implications of Skype's IPO for eBay-Skype & Wireless Net NeutralitySubmitted by Scott Cleland on Wed, 2009-04-15 19:00Given that eBay's announced spin-off/IPO of Skype in 2010 is a material market event, this high-profile IPO represents a potentially tectonic development in eBay-Skype's (and FreePress') push for wireless net neutrality/Carterfone regulations and applying the FCC's broadband principles to wireless providers for the first time. There are much broader implications of this market development than many appreciate. Some brief background information is helpful to understand the broader implications:
So how does eBay-Skype's pending IPO change the landscape? My Investor's Business Daily Q&A on Google's ambitions -- white spaces lobbyingSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Mon, 2008-09-15 11:34Brian Deagon of Investor's Business Daily interviewed me on Google and its leadership role in the lobbying for free use of the White Spaces spectrum.
Importantly, I explain that Google's definition of 'open' is very different from the traditional definition of 'open.'
Is the "Long Tail" just a Tall Tale?Submitted by Scott Cleland on Wed, 2008-07-02 11:28A new article/study by Harvard Business School Professor Anita Elberse challenges the validity of the Silicon Valley mantra/theory that the Internet created a new "long tail" of demand for niche products that would ultimately undermine and overwhelm the offline trend towards "big hits."
Why this is such important new research is that much of the Silicon Valley 'pixie dust' that fuels so many of the new business models involving social networking, crowdsourcing, etc. is predicated on the "Long Tail" book/theory by Wired magazine editor Chris Anderson. Google's neutralism movement regrouping again -- Internet for EveryoneSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Thu, 2008-06-26 18:21It's taken the Google-led neutralism movement two years to learn, and get on board with, what the broadband industry has been saying all along -- that Americans want broadband deployed soonest, and they want competitive broadband choice.
It seems the neutralism movement may have learned that focusing on their manufactured net neutrality problem, and fear-mongering on threats to free speech -- could only take them so far politically. Pages |