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A very interesting take on FTC's decisions on google<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/05/opinion/is-google-like-gas-or-like-steel.html?_r=0">http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/05/opinion/is-google-like-gas-or-like-steel.html?_r=0</a>
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The article raises the right question - whether some parts of our
digital environment deserve to be treated as public utilities - due
to (1) the extent of monopoly and (2) the very important 'public
function(s)' being performed. <br>
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I do not agree with the conclusion of the authors that any kind of
search neutrality obligations would hurt free expression objectives.
To me, the contrary is true.<br>
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How much ever I disagree with its conclusions, the article touches
the deeper issues pertaining to search for the right paradigms that
should inform Internet governance.... Most commentaries around WCIT,
and even the almost solo fixation with multistakeholderism, just
scratch the surface, often misleadingly. The real issues are
somewhere else and, unfortunately, have not received the needed
attention of civil society.<br>
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parminder <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On Friday 04 January 2013 08:42 PM,
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