[governance] More... Google: "Internet Freedom!"... (to do whatever it pleases and serves its business interests?

[Adam Peake]

German publishing houses and Google currently in a fight over proposed
legislation that would require Google to pay the publishers when they
use snippets of text from articles etc in search results.

New business models/old. Traditional media vs. new.  Same in WCIT,
ENTO and OTT players.  Best not to try and fit the story to one's
personal bias.

Adam



On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 12:24 AM, michael gurstein <gurstein at gmail.com> wrote:
> http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/google-encourages-users-to-join-campaign-against-copyright-draft-law-a-870590.htm
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> It is a new type of lobbying power when Google now endeavors to enlist its
> users in the struggle to defend its own business interests. In the language
> of the Internet, one could also say that the company is trying to
> crowdsource its own lobbying efforts. This is a widespread method in the US,
> where it's known as grassroots lobbying.
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> In doing so, the company is relying on a trick that Germany's Pirate Party
> has also used to achieve many of its successes: It merely brands a proposal
> that it's targeting as a threat to the free, open and uncensored Internet.
> The tactic behind this move is obvious. Recently in the US and on a European
> Union level, a number of bills have failed due to resistance from online
> campaigns. With its current campaign, Google is seeking to use this to its
> own benefit -- and is openly playing on politicians' widespread fear of a
> shitstorm.
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> Legal but Risky Business
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> The vehemence with which Google is pursuing its campaigns is astonishing
> because it entails considerable risks for the company. The discrepancy
> between Google's lofty words and its agenda is far too evident: Of course
> the company is not primarily interested in the freedom of Internet users,
> but rather in defending its own freedom against any government regulation of
> its monopoly-like power over the market and public opinion. This raises the
> question of whether such an approach does more harm than good to its own
> interests.
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> Well worth reading the whole article…
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> -----Original Message-----
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> From: michael gurstein [mailto:gurstein at gmail.com]
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> Sent: Monday, December 03, 2012 2:52 AM
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> To: 'ciresearchers at vancouvercommunity.net';
> cracin-canada at vancouvercommunity.net
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> Subject: FW: Hmmmm... Google: "Internet Freedom!"... (from taxes?
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> http://delimiter.com.au/2012/11/23/australian-govt-pledges-action-on-google-tax-avoidance/
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> [MG>] http://tinyurl.com/d9fhmhx
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> http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/news/15431664/france-says-google-would-lose-court-case-over-taxes/
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> [MG>] http://tinyurl.com/c43nfs8
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> http://en.apa.az/news_google_italy_suspected_of_tax_evasion__183392.html
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> [MG>] http://tinyurl.com/cc4ayk2
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> http://www.3news.co.nz/Starbucks-Google-Amazon-accused-of-UK-tax-evasion/tabid/369/articleID/276457/Default.aspx
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> [MG>] http://tinyurl.com/dylfaxy
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> http://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/11/23/0156212/australian-govt-pledges-action-on-google-tax-evasion
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> http://gurstein.wordpress.com/2012/10/11/the-ituwcit-thinking-about-internet-regulatory-policy-from-an-ldc-perspective/
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> [MG>] http://tinyurl.com/8cw6tux
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> http://tinyurl.com/choul5g
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