Uncle Sugar is Back, Baby, Because That’s Where the Money Is
Eric “Uncle Sugar” Schmidt is back in town and is finding a trough for every snout.
Category: Google Justice Department
This is the Only Question for the Next Head of the Copyright Office
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 […]
The Royal Scam: Content ID and Google’s Massive Profits From Piracy and Crime
If Congress wants to fix the DMCA, Congress needs to fix Google’s scam operations, too.
You Go! Rep. @TulsiGabbard Sues Google For Manipulating Election
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard is suing Google for violating her right of free speech under the US and California constitutions, civil rights violations, unfair competition and other claims.
The First Rule of Lawfare: Is Google’s Active Measures Campaign on Article 13 a Trial Run for Election Meddling by a US Non-State Actor?
Members of the European Parliament need to get a grip on these active measures campaigns before Google goes beyond “lobbying” on an issue vote and moves on to meddling in campaign outcomes in a few months when the European Parliament stands for election.
In a post-Cambridge Analytica world, we all know it’s a short step from undermining opposition on a particular issue to undermining the election of a particular candidate. And Google is just as capable of meddling as any state actor if not more so.
Will Congress Bring Songwriters a Lump of Coal or Justice?
It is axiomatic that as government expands, liberty contracts. Songwriters are among the most highly regulated workers in America, so on the continuum of liberty, guess where songwriters score? Most people are surprised by that unadulterated, and rather bleak, fact. After all, songwriters don’t make anything toxic or build in places they shouldn’t or dump chemicals in a waterway. Songwriters don’t have monopoly power. Songwriters don’t even get to set their own prices—the government largely does that in a very expensive and Kafka-esque process.
@andreworlowski: Google had Obama’s ear on antitrust probe — Artist Rights Watch
According to emails released under the US Freedom of Information Act, Google briefed the White House on an antitrust investigation into itself, breaking a 40-year precedent of the President’s office staying out of competition issues. It’s no smoking gun – just another small but valuable piece of evidence showing how close the ties are between […]
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