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I agree that Google acts in its own interests, but they sure do care about the internet being run by Hollywood. With a locked-down internet and strong copyrigh
by waqf 15y ago
I agree that Google acts in its own interests, but they sure do care about the internet being run by Hollywood. With a locked-down internet and strong copyright legislation, Hollywood/other content owners would own all the ad spots and would cut Google out of the loop.
Google is better off with a decentralized internet of "amateur" content* on which they can serve ads and negotiate a cut of the revenue.
* Pirated content would work for them too, but it's not remotely worth their while to be publicly anti-copyright or to not comply with U.S. law.
- einhverfr 15y agoThis is true. Google would prefer that the internet were run by the largest adware company in the world (which is ironically named after a very large number)..... But the point here is that the decentralization of the internet actually protects everyone. It prevents a single set of interests from trampling over everyone else's interests.
- regularfry 15y agoIt's not only the content. I'm sure a large proportion of Google's engineers wouldn't be happy with their jobs if they became beholden to Hollywood.