SV: [governance] regulating global digital monopolies

[McTim]

On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 12:38 PM, parminder <parminder at itforchange.net>wrote:

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>
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> In case of most social, economic, cultural norms and laws, these mega
> digital businesses generally play in a lawless field
>


all evidence points to the contrary of this rhetorical flourish.


> You read the long discussion a few weeks back on this list on how when
> asked to implement a consumer law by Taipei government, Google instead chose
> to withdraw the availability of Android market. This with the kind of market
> power (a very inadequate term with regard to the level of power that is
> involved here) that google has, can in effect be  a blackmail.
>


http://www.thefreedictionary.com/blackmail

By the definition of blackmail, it's the Taiwanese municipal authorities who
are guilty of it!

-- 
Cheers,

McTim
"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route
indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
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