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News from the Goolag Since 2006 ~ A survival guide to the creative apocalypse: We follow issues and opinion important to professional creators. Data is the new exposure.

Tag: astroturf

Written by Chris CastleApril 7, 2016

@amassembly Astroturf “Study” a Case Study for How Google Launders Money

If you read the Notice and Takedown in Everyday Practice “study” that was at the center of the controversy over the attack on the Copyright Office comment page on regulations.gov, you’ll greatly appreciate the irony in this clear and concise acknowledgement (at p. iv) of exactly how Google launders money through real or created nonprofits […]

Written by Chris CastleApril 22, 2015April 25, 2015

World Watch:  Canadian Government Closes Big Tech’s Back Door Loophole

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government has announced that Canada will expand the current 50 year copyright term for sound recordings in Canada to 70 years. This brings Canada into the 21st Century and in line with its global trading partners. Expect handwringing from Big Tech and the magisterium of the professoriate, some of which […]

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