more on Google and 'neutrality' hypocrisy

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Gerry Faulhaber <gerry-faulhaber () mchsi com>
Date: June 22, 2006 10:58:42 AM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Subject: Re: [IP] Google and 'neutrality' hypocrisy

It's worse.  Google pays Mozilla a fairly large hunk of change to be  
Firefox's default search engine.  There are, of course, other choices  
on Firefox, but Google's the default.  Remind you of the Netscape/IE  
wars?

Here's the link: http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/ 
3590756

Professor Gerald R. Faulhaber
Business and Public Policy Dept.
Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Professor of Law
University of Pennsylvania Law School

----- Original Message ----- From: "David Farber" <dave () farber net>
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Subject: [IP] Google and 'neutrality' hypocrisy


> Begin forwarded message:
>
> From: Andy Smith <asmith () Ivy NET>
> Date: June 22, 2006 9:59:31 AM EDT
> To: David Farber <dave () farber net>
> Subject: Google and 'neutrality' hypocrisy
>
> Dave,
>
> Here's a fascinating proposal from Congress on "discriminatory"   
> behavior at Google.  The proposal states that search engines can  
> not  provide preferential treatment (higher listing locations) for   
> companies that pay them ad fees.  Does this sound like any other   
> proposed business models or regulatory battles we know about?  Net   
> neutrality ring a bell?
>
> Basically, the proposal, intentionally I believe, draws an analogy  
> between the business models of Google and Yahoo! with the proposed   
> models from the service providers which would like to charge for   
> premium treatment (access, ranking in search, etc.).  What's   
> particularly amusing about this is Google is now in a rather  
> awkward  position... Arguing that service providers can not provide  
> preferred  treatment while Google can. Very creative, and I would  
> guess that  the idea was planted by a telco lobbyist.
>
> http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6346096.html
>
>
>
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