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Google content-filter patent about copyright, not censorship - 1 views

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  • anonymous on 17 Feb 10
     
    Google has been awarded a patent that describes a software method for selectively restricting the availability of content on the basis of access privileges and geographical location. On the surface, it may look like this patent covers techniques for censoring politically sensitive content in specific countries-a practice that Google has recently spoken out against in its ongoing feud with China. A closer look at the patent's claims, however, shows that it has little to do with censorship and may actually relate to the company's controversial book scanning initiative.
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Web censorship in China? Not a problem, says Bill Gates | Technology | The Guardian - 0 views

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  • chris_seaman on 26 Jan 10
     
    Bill Gates defends Microsoft's role in filtering content in China, and attacks Google for not following China's laws.
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Chinese Media, Bloggers Ask: Is Google Really Saying Goodbye? - NAM - 0 views

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  • Google said on Tuesday that it was considering shutting down Google.cn and closing its offices in China after a cyber attack on its corporate infrastructure resulted in intellectual property loss. Google also said it would stop censoring search results on Google.cn. For the first time, reports and images of the Tiananmen Square massacre and other events could be seen through Google searches in China.
  • Chinese American media rushing to provide their analysis in the context of U.S.-China relations. “Google, Don’t become a tool in the political fight between the U.S. and China” read the headline of an editorial published Friday in China Press. “Though Obama tried to adapt to China’s increasingly powerful role in the world with a new attitude and said the United States would not repress China’s development, the differences in ideology between the countries continue to prohibit the U.S.-China relationship from moving forward,” the editorial argued.
  • “If the Chinese government just let it go, Google could stop its financial losses in China, which would be beneficial to its share price. If the Chinese government is willing to compromise, Google will become the ‘hero’ that breaks China’s strict control over Internet information.” Chinese investors, Leung noted, believe the absence of Google will actually benefit the local Internet market; the stock prices of Chinese Internet companies rose right after the announcement was made.
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  • Editors of the World Journal said they were happy to see Google defend the freedom of online information without censorship, describing it as “an act of courage.” A popular column in World Journal contends that it is time for the Chinese government to change in order to develop into a truly strong country. “A real strong country is not just strong economically,” the column argues. “It also needs development in people’s values, in order to build a healthy and principled system, and abolish the current zero-tolerance policy on dissident expression.”
  • An editorial written by Feng Lei of Guangzhou’s Southern Metropolis Daily doubts if Beijing is willing to let go of Google. “A company like Google not only serves as a technology leader in China’s domestic market, but also, by virtue of its presence, has a ‘catfish effect’ [raising overall performance in the industry]. Without this presence and effect, there will be a definite impact on the development of the industry domestically.”
  • A news analysis in China Times describes the announcement as a tactic for Google to gain more freedom in China.
  • The most popular blogger in China, Han Han, also expressed his support for Google. He wrote on his blog, “I understand Google’s decision, whether it is for real or not. What I don’t understand is that some Web sites conducted surveys saying that 70 percent of Internet users do not support Google’s request that the Chinese government stop its censorship. While looking at these survey results on the government Web site, you often find yourself on the opposite side,” adding that these Web sites should be the ones to be censored.
  • A blog on Baidu.com, Google’s biggest competitor in China, said, “The tone of the top Google legal advisor disgusts me. He could have said that they are withdrawing for economic reasons, plain and simple. Instead, they have to make themselves look good by saying that Google was attacked by Chinese people, that Gmail accounts of Chinese dissidents were attacked, and so on in order to explain why they are withdrawing from China. This type of tone is an insult to the intelligence of ordinary Chinese citizens.”
  • The reason Google is having a hard time in China, she argued, is that there is a mismatch between American ideology and Chinese management style. “In the Chinese market, Google has no intention of adjusting itself to adapt to the Chinese situation, but works according to its own ideology,” she writes. “That’s why, under media exposure during the anti-pornography campaign, Google could barely handle the situation and had to change its leadership in China.”
  • kkholland on 17 Jan 10
     
    Discussion of whether Google will leave China with comments from Chinese bloggers and media analysts.
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'Avatar' pulled from 1,628 Chinese movie screens - latimes.com - 0 views

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    The movie Avatar has been pulled from Chinese movie screens at the urging of propaganda officials.
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Google may follow old media out of China Craig Stephen's This Week in China - MarketWatch - 0 views

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    Google entered China in 2006, agreeing to censor some of its searches. Now, the company may withdraw from China due to less than desired returns.
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FT.com / Technology - Yahoo 'reckless' for backing Google - 0 views

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  • Julian Gottlieb on 18 Jan 10
     
    Yahoo!'s Chinese partner has been critical of Google's threat to end its Chinese operations, and Yahoo!'s response to support Google has angered them even more.
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Berlusconi Moves to Impose Internet Regulation - ABC News - 1 views

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    Berlusconi looks to regulate Internet video by banning the uploading of violent or pornographic content. The move raises issues of freedom of speech, technical challenges of such regulation, issues of jurisdiction, and media ownership and consolidation concerns since some of Berlusconi's channels offer pornographic content for sale.
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China's Information Communism - 0 views

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    China rejects Hillary Clinton's call for lifting restrictions on the Internet, calling her remarks "information imperialism." Rory O'Conner provides some facts and his take.
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Google facing many risks in China standoff | Reuters - 0 views

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    Article that discusses the potential consequences Google may face by refusing to censor web searches in China.
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Unlikely Pair Come Out Against RI Adult Game Bill - 0 views

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  • Alex Markov on 17 Mar 10
     
    While Rhode Island Bill S.2156 drew backing from the Parents Television Council, an unlikely pair has come out against the Bill, which proposes fines and possible jail time for retailers that sell M or AO rated games to underage patrons.
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RI Adult Videogame Bill Draws Kudos from PTC - 0 views

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  • Alex Markov on 17 Mar 10
     
    A Rhode Island Bill that proposes fines and possible jail time for retail employees that sell Mature(M) or Adults Only (AO) rated games to underage consumers has drawn backing from the Parents Television Council (PTC).
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High court accepts case over violent video games - CNN.com - 0 views

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    "Lawmakers also said there is a "causal connection" between access to such games and psychological or other harm to children. In their petition to the high court, state lawyers cited studies showing children who repeatedly watch on-screen games can become more aggressive, antisocial, and less able to distinguish the consequences of violence in real life."
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