[governance] FW: [IP] Google's Lawyers Work Behind the Scenes to Carry the Day - NYTimes.com

[parminder]

A very interesting take on FTC's decisions on google

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/05/opinion/is-google-like-gas-or-like-steel.html?_r=0 


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.

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.

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.

parminder


On Friday 04 January 2013 08:42 PM, michael gurstein wrote:
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