Comments on: Google Past and Future http://madisonian.net/2007/07/18/google-past-and-future/ a blog about law, tech, culture, and related things Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:22:44 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Frank http://madisonian.net/2007/07/18/google-past-and-future/comment-page-1/#comment-224094 Frank Thu, 19 Jul 2007 01:11:06 +0000 http://madisonian.net/archives/2007/07/18/google-past-and-future/#comment-224094 I agree. It's funny, when I first read Siva's piece in the Chron of Higher Ed. on Google, I wrote an angry letter to the letter to refute it. Now I'm happy they didn't publish it--the more I think about the monopolization potential here, the more I worry, and the more I think Siva's take on the situation prophetic. I'd never think I'd agree with the WSJ editorial page, but the last paragraph of Holman Jenkins' overheated column today struck a nerve: "[B]y relentlessly pitching broadband suppliers as an "enemy" industry ripe for regulation, Google hopes to forestall the day when Washington begins to examine Google's own dominance in search and advertising. Here, we can hardly blame the company. Its ability to control which Web sites and Web businesses receive traffic makes it a far likelier candidate for "public utility" treatment than the diverse and growing array of players who make up the broadband world." http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118472062291969753-search.html?KEYWORDS=sort of evil&COLLECTION=wsjie/6month I agree. It’s funny, when I first read Siva’s piece in the Chron of Higher Ed. on Google, I wrote an angry letter to the letter to refute it. Now I’m happy they didn’t publish it–the more I think about the monopolization potential here, the more I worry, and the more I think Siva’s take on the situation prophetic.

I’d never think I’d agree with the WSJ editorial page, but the last paragraph of Holman Jenkins’ overheated column today struck a nerve:

“[B]y relentlessly pitching broadband suppliers as an “enemy” industry ripe for regulation, Google hopes to forestall the day when Washington begins to examine Google’s own dominance in search and advertising. Here, we can hardly blame the company. Its ability to control which Web sites and Web businesses receive traffic makes it a far likelier candidate for “public utility” treatment than the diverse and growing array of players who make up the broadband world.”

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118472062291969753-search.html?KEYWORDS=sort of evil&COLLECTION=wsjie/6month

]]> By: Siva Vaidhyanathan http://madisonian.net/2007/07/18/google-past-and-future/comment-page-1/#comment-224093 Siva Vaidhyanathan Wed, 18 Jul 2007 23:23:31 +0000 http://madisonian.net/archives/2007/07/18/google-past-and-future/#comment-224093 Thanks, Michael. I look forward to soliciting your feedback on my Google book. As far as what "control" means, that's the big question. Foucault would answer it one way. Hayak another. I will probably end up in between them, as I do in all other matters. More soon! Siva Thanks, Michael.

I look forward to soliciting your feedback on my Google book.

As far as what “control” means, that’s the big question. Foucault would answer it one way. Hayak another. I will probably end up in between them, as I do in all other matters.

More soon!

Siva

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