Very nice. It's a nice touch that the logos at the bottom are in alphabetical order. I want a copy of this
Internet giants place full-page anti-SOPA ad in NYT
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Re: Internet giants place full-page anti-SOPA ad in NYT
#22If Google was serious they'd put something on their front page. The readership of the New York Times is nothing compared to Google's traffic.
They probably will... better to escalate the response than to go apeshit prematurely.
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#2395% of people would look at that wall of text and turn the page.. they really needed something that would actually draw in peoples attention if they want it to get noticed
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#24Well played, MS and Apple.
Microsoft is a supporter of SOPA: http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-s968/money
Re: Internet giants place full-page anti-SOPA ad in NYT
#25If Google was serious they'd put something on their front page. The readership of the New York Times is nothing compared to Google's traffic.
I am very sure the implied threat of we are considering moving our data centers out of the US has probably already been thrown behind the scenes
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#26If Google was serious they'd put something on their front page. The readership of the New York Times is nothing compared to Google's traffic.
With great power comes great responsibility. If Google uses their core product for every political battle they need to engage in, it cheapens the brand. SOPA is evil, but it's not going to severely injure Google. So it's not worth cheapening their product for.
While I agree with you that they need to be careful not to cheapen their brand, I'd argue that they have a history of displaying custom doodles for far less significant things. A simple "stop censorship" doodle, akin to those being displayed by a number of other websites, would go a long way without cheapening Google's brand.
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#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
They are in a totally different market. Why would they be a signee?
What are you talking about? Microsoft is in the same market as at least 5 of those companies listed.
SOPA is largely an anti-counterfeiting bill. Microsoft does not want people to be able to buy counterfeit versions of Windows, so they support this bill.
Google, on the other hand, doesn't make anything that can be counterfeited, so they have nothing to gain from this bill. They do have a lot to lose (with all the censorship provisions), so they are taking a stand against the bill.
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#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
With great power comes great responsibility. If Google uses their core product for every political battle they need to engage in, it cheapens the brand. SOPA is evil, but it's not going to severely injure Google. So it's not worth cheapening their product for.
While I agree with you that they need to be careful not to cheapen their brand, I'd argue that they have a history of displaying custom doodles for far less significant things. A simple "stop censorship" doodle, akin to those being displayed by a number of other websites, would go a long way without cheapening Google's brand.
"Merry Christmas" is a very different message from "Get rid of a law that will cause us to make less money".
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#29The tech industry has enough money to buy 10x more lobbyists than the entertainment industry. This would be a wiser investment than the ads.
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Re: Internet giants place full-page anti-SOPA ad in NYT
#30The tech industry has enough money to buy 10x more lobbyists than the entertainment industry. This would be a wiser investment than the ads.
Or they could just buy controlling shares of a majority of mpaa members and end this silliness for good.