4 posts and columns on compromise

The Full Valenti: Dodd Trades His Olive Branch to Tech for a Howitzer, After SOPA/PIPA Gets Delayed

in Media on January 20 at 11:32 am PT

What would Jack do? (And would it work anymore?)
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Google's Brin Says He Is "Always Optimistic" About China Solution

in News on February 12, 2010 at 11:47 am PT

Google’s Sergey Brin took the stage at the TED conference this morning for a brief discussion about the search giant’s recent declaration that it will pull out of the country if it has to continue to censor results. “We want to find a way to work within the Chinese system,” said Brin, but without having to censor political search terms. “A lot of people might think I am naive and that might be true.”

Does It Matter Why Google Did It? The Real Point Is China's Appalling Internet Behavior.

in News on January 13, 2010 at 5:11 am PT

There are lots of possible reasons Google finally went on the offensive against China yesterday. While much of the speculation so far has been about Google’s motives, real or imagined, it seems to me that the focus should sit squarely on how appalling the Chinese government behaves regarding the Web. And more to the point, how it tries to pass off egregious censorship, vicious retribution of its critics using digital skullduggery and persistent violations of basic freedoms as justified by government policy and laws. That canard is accepted by no one with any kind of conscience and falls flat in today’s increasingly transparent digital-centric world.
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France Mulls Three-Strikes Law Amid Privacy Objections

in News on September 16, 2009 at 10:10 am PT

The French National Assembly on Tuesday approved a draft “three strikes” law that would allow authorities to cut off Internet access to piracy offenders. The measure, which France’s Senate passed in July, was narrowly approved by the parliament with a vote of 285 to 225, and is viewed as a compromise to a similar law that was rejected for being too harsh.