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By David Rothman

Anthony PodestaGood or bad? The “Do no evil” guys at Google are hiring D.C. lobbying firms, and among them is PodestaMattoon. Yes, that’s the same Anthony Podesta whose brother, John, worked in the Clinton White House, which cared squat about fair use and the public domain. Meanwhile Anthony himself did a great job of paving the way for Draconian copyright laws via his work for the Creative Incentives Coalition. Will Google educate Tony Podesta, or the reverse happen?

Except from the New York Times:

It’s sad,” said Esther Dyson, editor of the technology newsletter Release 1.0 and former chairwoman of Icann, a nonprofit group that plays a role in Internet administration. “The kids are growing up. They’ve lost youth and innocence. Now they have to start being grown-ups and playing at least to some extent by grown-up rules.”

Related: Google book push vs. the public domain: And the Google Boys talk only to God… and Culture vs. Googazon’s e-book museum: A letter from the year 2106 and E-book museums redux: Fear of browsing. Does the Google-Podesta connection increae the changes of the scenario in the latter post unfolding?

 
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