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Friday, September 11, 2009

Google to Create World’s Largest Searchable Archive of Arguments Against Google Books

google_bastards-150x150Add another name to the list of opponents of the Google Book Search Settlement: Marybeth Peters, U.S. Register of Copyrights. In testimony before the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee Thursday, Peters tarred the deal as “fundamentally at odds with the law” and villainized Google, saying the company is making a “mockery” of the copyright protections in the U.S. Constitution.

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Wednesday, January 28, 2009

House: You Will Go Digital on Feb. 17 and You Will Like It

Looks like the transition to digital TV will happen on Feb. 17 whether you like it or not. The U.S. House of Representatives today defeated a bill that would have delayed the nation’s switch to all-digital television by four months.

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Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Told You Those Lobbyists Would Come in Handy, Sergey …

“I’ve never seen a tech company ramp up faster than they have in the last year or two,” tech lobbyist Ralph Hellmann said of Google last year. “They’re using all the tools in the lobbying tool kit.” And with some success, it would seem. With the Justice Department reviewing the company’s proposed online advertising partnership with Yahoo and its critics growing increasingly vocal, Google has managed to win the support of some California lawmakers.

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John Paczkowski has been poking fun at the tech industry and the personalities that drive it since 1997. From 1999 to 2007, he wrote the award-winning tech news Web log Good Morning Silicon Valley for the San Jose Mercury News, Silicon Valley's daily newspaper. Read more »

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Here is a statement of my ethics and coverage policies. It is more than most of you want to know, but, in the age of suspicion of the media, I am laying it all out.

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