Comments on: Goolag Up To Their Old Tricks http://www.floppingaces.net/2007/11/01/goolag-up-to-their-old-tricks/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:11:06 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: bbartlog http://www.floppingaces.net/2007/11/01/goolag-up-to-their-old-tricks/#comment-7969 bbartlog Thu, 01 Nov 2007 20:38:37 +0000 http://www.floppingaces.net/2007/11/01/goolag-up-to-their-old-tricks/#comment-7969 Al might own Google stock, but if it were enough to matter (i.e. influence Google policy) he'd be a billionaire, which he isn't. The views of Schmidt and Tilghman (another board member) are more relevant, especially if we assume that their presence on the board of directors means that Brin and Page are cut from similar cloth. That said, this could just be corporate cowardice - maybe they remove any video that draws a T&C complaint, regardless of how justified? Would want to submit a complaint about some lefty video and see what happens... Al might own Google stock, but if it were enough to matter (i.e. influence Google policy) he’d be a billionaire, which he isn’t. The views of Schmidt and Tilghman (another board member) are more relevant, especially if we assume that their presence on the board of directors means that Brin and Page are cut from similar cloth.
That said, this could just be corporate cowardice – maybe they remove any video that draws a T&C complaint, regardless of how justified? Would want to submit a complaint about some lefty video and see what happens…

]]> By: Dennis http://www.floppingaces.net/2007/11/01/goolag-up-to-their-old-tricks/#comment-7968 Dennis Thu, 01 Nov 2007 19:56:49 +0000 http://www.floppingaces.net/2007/11/01/goolag-up-to-their-old-tricks/#comment-7968 Lose the DivX player. Doesn't uncle inconvenient Al own a chunk of Google? Lose the DivX player.

Doesn’t uncle inconvenient Al own a chunk of Google?

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