Google posted its treatise on “The meaning of open” designed to redefine the word “open” in Google’s image. It is an important read because it is a bay window view into the altruistic way that Google yearns for the world to perceive it. Like most...
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Monthly Archives: December 2009
FCC’s Berkman study debunked by Bret Swanson
Kudos to Bret Swanson for his outstanding debunking of the approach and conclusions of the FCC’s Berkman study on broadband policy lessons in his Real Clear Markets piece, “Harvard’s Berkman Study Bungles Broadband.” To the extent that the FCC wants its decisions to be fact-based,...
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Google-Yelp: Google’s Monopolization Strategy is Coming into Clearer Focus
Google’s reported likely acquisition of Yelp, a popular review site for local businesses in major cities, does a lot to bring Google’s broader monopolization strategy into clearer focus. Yelp is potentially just the latest in a slew of strategic information-related acquisitions that Google has made,...
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Chrome is not an Internet Browser and not open, but closed to the Internet’s Domain Name System
Since the EU-Microsoft settlement now will allow users to select an Internet browser from Microsoft, Mozilla, Google, Apple, and Opera among others, the next relevant competitive issue with browsers is if the browsers themselvesa are operating clandestinely in an anti-competitive or closed way. In other...
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Googleopoly V — Why the FTC Should Block Google-AdMob
Below is the abstract of my latest white paper in my five-part “Googleopoly” series of antitrust white papers. The full white paper is at this link and at www.googleopoly.net. Googleopoly V* — Why the FTC Should Block Google-AdMob The Top Ten Reasons Why...
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Read May’s Great Op-ed: “Voiding the Constitution”
Kudos to Randy May of the Free State Foundation for his outstanding op-ed in the Washington Times today: “Voiding the Constitution: FCC rules could counter free speech.” Randy’s must read piece explains why net neutrality rules would perversely accomplish the exact opposite of what net...
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Why/how did Google outbid Apple for AdMob? Schmidt: Google Apple not “primary competitors”
Recent revelations indicate that the seriousness of the FTC’s antitrust investigation of Google’s proposed acquisition of AdMob will be ramping up. Only eight months ago, Google CEO Eric Schmidt claimed Google and Apple were not “primary competitors” when a shareholder asked Mr. Schmidt to step...
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First Amendment 2.0 Ratified by 3 FCC Commissioners? The Principle-less-ness of Net Neutrality
The foundation of American Democracy for over 200 years has been respect for the U.S. Constitution and the rule of law. The advent of the mainstream Internet in the 1990′s created a new and exceptional medium for free expression, much as telephone, radio, movies, TV,...
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Schmidt Goobris: “we should have 100% share”
Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt told Forbes: “Our model is just better.” “Based on that, we should have 100% share” — per Forbes cover story: “When Google runs your life.” This is a remarkably ill-advised admission when Google is: Seeking FTC antitrust approval to buy the...
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PFF’s Esbin debunks net neutrality assertions
I strongly recommend Barbara Esbin’s excellent PFF white paper that systematically debunks many of the core assertions of net neutrality proponents. Barbara’s clarity of thought, and her reasonable and well documented analysis proves that so many assertions of supposed “fact” made by net neutrality proponents...
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