Learning From Microsoft's Error, Google Builds a Lobbying Engine
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| When it comes to lobbying, Google does not intend to repeat the mistake
| that its rival Microsoft made a decade ago.
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| Microsoft was so disdainful of the federal government back then that it
| had almost no presence in Washington. Largely because of that neglect,
| the company was blindsided by a government antitrust lawsuit that cost
| it dearly.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/19/AR2007061902058.html?hpid=moreheadlines
Should they not just /fix/ the overly corrupt system instead of
repeating/mimcking someone else's sin to get even?
Judge deals blow to RIAA, says students can respond to John Doe lawsuit
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| This is a significant blow to the RIAA. If other courts decide to follow
| Judge Garcia's lead, the litigation process will become a lot more expensive
| and time-consuming for the RIAA, as the John Doe lawsuits would no longer be
| simple open-and-shut cases. Those suspected of file-sharing would be able to
| ensure that their interests are taken into consideration from the beginning
| of the legal process instead of only learning that they were the target of a
| lawsuit once they receive a settlement letter.
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070620-judge-deals-blow-to-riaa-says-students-can-respond-to-john-doe-lawsuit.html
Yesterday:
Lessig: Required Reading: the next 10 years
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| Yet governments continue to push ahead with this idiot idea -- both Britain
| and Japan for example are considering extending existing terms. Why?
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| The answer is a kind of corruption of the political process. Or better,
| a "corruption" of the political process. I don't mean corruption in the
| simple sense of bribery. I mean "corruption" in the sense that the
| system is so queered by the influence of money that it can't even get
| an issue as simple and clear as term extension right.
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http://www.lessig.org/blog/archives/003800.shtml#003800
Related:
Google gets into politics
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| As Google gets bigger and the pots of cash grow, so the firm needs
| to increase its political influence. As it buys up companies from
| around the world and integrates them into its machine, its activities
| are bound to attract the close eye of Washington, and a public
| policy department is sure to serve as a focus for 'interaction'
| between Google and the government.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=40392
Google to recruit a bevy of Europeans lobbyists
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| Google, the search engine heavyweight, is no longer prepared to
| stay out of the business of fashioning the political environment
| for decisions made in Europe. For lobbying work on its behalf the
| company is at present searching in numerous large European cities
| for politics-savvy lawyers; one such "European Policy Counsel"
| position will be available in Hamburg/Berlin.
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http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/87158/from/rss09
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