Comments on: Samuelson v. Sergei http://madisonian.net/2009/10/15/samuelson-v-sergei/ a blog about law, tech, culture, and related things Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:59:42 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Greg Lastowka http://madisonian.net/2009/10/15/samuelson-v-sergei/comment-page-1/#comment-296472 Greg Lastowka Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:11:48 +0000 http://madisonian.net/?p=3198#comment-296472 Pam won for sure. Re Brin's hubris, it seems to be bugging folks, but is it really so uncommon to find celebrity billionaires with perspective problems? If this had been a fair use fight, I'd be 100% on Google's side -- well, maybe 99%. And despite grumbling about their missteps, I'm still a big Google fan. It's just that when your company gets to be so big and you're the 800-pound gorilla in the digital economy, every misstep you make is going to crush those around you. At some point, the baton will be passed: IBM-->Microsoft-->Google. I don't think we're *quite* there yet. Pam won for sure. Re Brin’s hubris, it seems to be bugging folks, but is it really so uncommon to find celebrity billionaires with perspective problems?

If this had been a fair use fight, I’d be 100% on Google’s side — well, maybe 99%. And despite grumbling about their missteps, I’m still a big Google fan.

It’s just that when your company gets to be so big and you’re the 800-pound gorilla in the digital economy, every misstep you make is going to crush those around you.

At some point, the baton will be passed: IBM–>Microsoft–>Google.
I don’t think we’re *quite* there yet.

]]> By: Frank http://madisonian.net/2009/10/15/samuelson-v-sergei/comment-page-1/#comment-296468 Frank Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:46:38 +0000 http://madisonian.net/?p=3198#comment-296468 Well, they're not going to get broken up. So that leaves us with only one other option....a federal search commission! But Mike, actually I think the pro-Google sentiment is pretty strong among innovation academics still. I still get really skeptical questions about even the most minimalist proposals regarding *monitoring* of them--not even regulation. That's one reason I'm focusing some current research on fusion centers and government collaboration with internet intermediaries for surveillance purposes. "Big gubmint" is already in your search engine--now let's try to get it to vindicate some basic consumer protections and other public values. Well, they’re not going to get broken up. So that leaves us with only one other option….a federal search commission!

But Mike, actually I think the pro-Google sentiment is pretty strong among innovation academics still. I still get really skeptical questions about even the most minimalist proposals regarding *monitoring* of them–not even regulation.

That’s one reason I’m focusing some current research on fusion centers and government collaboration with internet intermediaries for surveillance purposes. “Big gubmint” is already in your search engine–now let’s try to get it to vindicate some basic consumer protections and other public values.

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