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I noticed Vint Cerf specified "signing as private citizen". Does anyone know why Google tied his hands?

• tlear 15y ago
  As huge corporation Google has to be ready to lose this fight and in that situation it would be beneficial for them to be on the good side of the victors.
  • mdwrigh2 15y ago
    Except their co-founder signed as the co-founder of the company. I would assume he's signing as a private citizen to say he's signing because he, and not the company he works for, sees it as a detriment.
• nas 15y ago
  I doubt they did, I expect it was his choice.
• moultano 15y ago
  https://plus.google.com/104233435224873922474/posts/AsjeBDMbA2L https://plus.google.com/104233435224873922474/posts/AsjeBDMb... I don't think they did (or would.)
• throw_away 15y ago
  it seems like everyone on the list who works for a well-known company (twitter, juniper, RIPE) all signed that way.
• obtu 15y ago
  Because this one is the letter from internet engineers. Google had to enter the lobbying game, but the view point of individuals should be more important to a society than the “money as free speech” of corporations.
• anamax 15y ago
  > Does anyone know why Google tied his hands? Cerf isn't a google officer, board member, or spokesperson. Those are the folks who "speak for Google".
• sp332 15y ago
  Google (and Youtube, which they own) obviously have a vested interest in seeing SOPA fail. I think it was important for him to note that he's not a representative of their corporate interests. In his own expert opinion, SOPA is a bad idea.