__/ [ 7 ] on Tuesday 26 September 2006 23:08 \__
> B Gruff wrote:
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>> "According to Kroes the US government's move was "an intervention which
>> cannot stand... like all companies great and small, Microsoft is not above
>> the law""
>>
>> (To be fair, I think she is speaking of E.U. law, and presumably would not
>> make such an assertion re. MS and U.S. law!)
>>
>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/26/microsoft_eu_political_lobbying/
>
>
> It is ridiculous that big companies can bypass all
> safety measures and buy governments.
They do so at legistlative levels as well. Confer DMCA.
Also see a very recent example:
Google forms political pressure group
http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=1355970172&rid=-50
Don't Be Evil -- Hire It Done
,----[ Quote ]
| "The NY Times among others is reporting that Google is ramping up its
| lobbying clout (registration or bugmenot required). The 'Don't be evil'
| search engine company has hired the infamous astroturfing and dirty
| tricks firm Direct Connect, Inc. You may remember DCI from their recent
| attempts to pass off their 'Penguin Army' video as a product of some
| lone wit, unconnected with their client, Exxon. Or their involvement in
| Microsoft's 'even dead voters love Microsoft' campaign. With a staff of
| veterans in the biz (such as Chris 'Swiftboat' LaCivita and Jim
| 'Electioneering' Tobin), led by Tom 'Big Tobacco on the Dole' Synhorst,
| I'm sure DCI will be able to give Google whatever they're paying them
| for. The question is, what are they paying them for? And does 'Don't be
| evil' imply 'Don't pay professionals to be evil for you?' Or could
| there possibly be a non-evil reason to hire these clowns?"
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http://politics.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/14/1534224&from=rss
Net neutrality has its telecom shills too. I suspect corresponding frauds
exist in Europe, but I am not sure about their scale and impact./
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