This Week In Antitrust
Here is the second in a series of weekly round ups of the tech industry's various antitrust cases and "potential" antitrust concerns. Recent antitrust news has increasingly focused on European Union moves to curb American domination of the global tech market with some Stateside stories thrown in for good measure. Microsoft - Microsoft's chief counsel Brad Smith sharp, able to relate to people | The Seattle Times - Business & Technology Microsoft's general counsel, Brad Smith, brought not only a wealth of pertinent legal and [...]
What happens to the art when the artist can’t make a living from his or her work?
Why do we choose the products we choose, when there are so many alternatives? Viewers gravitate to the music, movies and art of professionals so it behooves us to allow those professionals who simply work harder and for longer on their craft to enjoy the fruits of that labor.
The New Question is: who DOESN’T have a new CPU?
A while back we did a paper looking at the CPU marketplace and how new chips help to foster new software sales. A chart from Gizmodo sums up one of our points: Every chip manufacturer is playing in the iPad/Slate/tablet game.
Principles vs. protection – Hillary Clinton on Internet Freedom
Yesterday, I attended Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s policy address on Internet Freedom at the Newseum in Washington, DC. I wanted to know from the Secretary what the State Department would do to help a U.S. tech company with a subsidiary in China whose employees are being taken to jail and whose equipment is being hauled away because the company refuses to give information about its users to the Chinese government.
Microsoft Launches Corporate/Government Cooperation on Cloud Computing – New Policies Could Help Protect Human Rights Online
Today, Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith discussed the potential for cloud computing in the future and how government can help at the Brookings Institution. Smith suggested that there was a lot to be done to achieve a safe and open cloud for business and consumers, including the need to update privacy and transparency laws to better reflect our portable data world.
The Unfortunate Irony of Yesterday’s FTC Lawsuit Against Intel
As most readers know by now, the Federal Trade Commission ignored the pleas of ACT and 37 member companies for caution, and filed a lawsuit against Intel yesterday charging that the company has abused its dominant position in the computer chip market. What you may have missed yesterday, however, is the rather ironically timed announcement from the Obama administration that it is launching new policies to spur more manufacturing it the United States.