In keeping with our times, Google’s counsel told a sitting judge in open court that Google received an apology from the Department of Justice for a US Attorney giving an interview to the Wall Street Journal on this very subject.Īnd if there were ever a guidebook to prosecutors about how to apply the RICO laws to old Mr. MTP readers will remember that Google paid $500,000,000 to keep from being indicted for promoting the indiscriminate sale of drugs online. Mayor Guliani busies himself now with various activities including producing a report about the effects on our children of the sale of drugs online, among other things. Milken had this company called Drexel Burnham Lambert and things didn’t work out too well for them, either. Attorney Rudolf Guliani put Michael Milken (another Master of the Universe) in Master of the Universe Prison. Wall Street fans will remember that RICO was how then U.S. Its called the Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organizations Act. And you know, here in the United States we already have a law on the books, time tested and used all the time that handles just this situation. Yes, indeed, Google has made an excellent point. Together, these coalitions can crack down and squeeze the financing behind online infringement. How best to combat this danger ? Instead of imposing blocks or filters that might damage fundamental freedoms, governments should construct coalitions with reputable advertising networks, payment processors and rightsholders. No references to children’s foods, candy, or toys, and it didn’t say “goo goo ga ga”. ( ) Well, it wasn’t entirely Googley because it didn’t contain any of the usual “Joe Camel” semiotics. The company’s European Policy Blog had a suitably Googlely statement (if you know what I mean) announcing the release of the report. PRS For Music recently released a report entitled the “ Six Business Models of Copyright Infringement.” This report was co-sponsored by Google.
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