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Dueling editorials on Viacom v Google (Copyright Cartel v the Internet)


From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 21:12:29 -0400





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From: Dan Gillmor <dan () gillmor com>
Date: June 30, 2010 9:07:12 PM EDT
To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Subject: Dueling editorials on Viacom v Google (Copyright Cartel v the Internet)


The Los Angeles Times has a smart editorial, clearly written by someone who understands technology and copyright, 
about the Viacom-Google decision:

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-youtube-20100629,0,2290414.story

But the San Francisco Chronicle has an editorial that's laughably flabby, clearly written by someone who knows a bit 
about copyright and technology and is ardently trying to turn back the clock:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/06/27/EDF11E4FUV.DTL

My take (at Salon):

http://www.salon.com/technology/dan_gillmor/2010/06/24/viacom_loses_free_speech_wins





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