michael gurstein on Sun, 6 Jan 2013 08:50:00 +0100 (CET) |
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<nettime> Google Wins Anti-Trust Case |
From: Dave Farber [mailto:dave@farber.net] Sent: Friday, January 04, 2013 5:35 AM To: ip Subject: [IP] Google???s Lawyers Work Behind the Scenes to Carry the Day - NYTimes.com http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/04/technology/googles-lawyers-work-behind-the-scenes-to-carry-the-day.html?hp --------------------------------------------- I've blogged about this: I'm wondering though whether the issue concerning Google is rather misplaced when included under matters concerning free speech/free expression. Whether a search algorithm propelling a robotic process of information selection would be covered by free speech "rights" is something for legal scholars to ponder at their leisure. I'm wondering rather whether the appropriate rights/freedoms venue under which to assess Google's activities might not more appropriately fall under "freedom of thought" rather than "freedom of speech" i.e. that it concerns the way we know things or our capacity to know certain things (and not have the means to know (or believe) other things). http://gurstein.wordpress.com/2013/01/05/is-google-like-gas-or-like-st eel-neither-it-is-like-nernsts-third-law-of-thermodynamics-or-the-nice ne-creed/ http://wp.me/pJQl5-ab M # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: http://mx.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nettime@kein.org