At some point in the coming days, there will be an announcement for the new head of the U.S. Copyright Office. I fully expect that everyone will have their litmus test for whether the new person (called the “Register” for historical reasons that have probably outlived their usefulness) should be appointed. The fact is that […]
[Editor Charlie says: This post originally appeared February 25, 2010.] As some day it may happen that a victim must be found, I’ve got a little list — I’ve got a little list Of society offenders who might well be underground, And who never would be missed — who never would be missed! I Have […]
Just in time for Halloween, Eric Schmidt had yet another one of those slips that even his fans are finding hard to defend in Google’s quest to organize the world’s information whether the world likes it or not. Schmidt tells the world–or at least Parker/Spitzer–that if you don’t like street view–just move it. “‘Street View, […]
News from the Goolag: In case you were wondering what pure, unadulterated BS looks like, consider the “thank you for making us rich, have a nice life” video from Li’l Steve and Li’l Chad. Then compare it to what we now know was being said inside YouTube at the time due to all the emails […]
So remember that hot start up, Goggle? This is the one that developed eyeware that could block all advertising? Enter Google Goggles. Yep. “Here’s how it works: Point your [Droid] phone at a word or phrase. Use the region of interest button to draw a box around specific words Press the shutter button If Goggles […]
The Register reports that Google has sued “tiny indie blues label” Blues Destiny in order to obtain a ruling that would absolve Google of liability for including sites like the Pirate Bay, Rapidshare, Megavideo and the like in search results to make it ever more convenient for Google to profit from the kleptomania that has […]
Remember this quote from Dana Wagner, then lead antitrust counsel for Google? “‘We want to be Santa Claus,” Mr. Wagner says. “We want to make lots of toys that people like playing with. But if you don’t want to play with our toys, you’ve got us. ‘We can’t really do evil things very easily – […]
An excellent post on Huffing & Puffington by Paul Williams, ASCAP president and gifted songwriter. Here’s a key part: “A growing number of creative people — those talking from experience as songwriters or performing artists — are speaking up. They’re sharing legitimate perspectives on why taking content and ignoring copyright hurts those creating the music […]
A very interesting idea in a must read post from Zdnet’s Tom Foremski (“Google’s internal spy system was Chinese hacker target”) suggests a much more plausible reason why Google is up in arms about Chinese hackers stealing data–it was data from Google‘s own spy system. Google is trying to hide behind a human rights spin–according […]
I freely admit that I haven’t gotten around to reading the latest and greatest by Google VIP Patry, and I also admit to having had some fun with it (I have at least read the title–“Moral Panics” or as we call it around here, Don’t Be Moral). Others have had the pressure of actually reading […]
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