http://www.scripting.com/ It's even worse than it appears. en-us Copyright 1997-2005 Dave Winer Tue, 22 Feb 2005 05:00:00 GMT Tue, 22 Feb 2005 19:08:41 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss UserLand Frontier v9.0.1 dwiner@cyber.law.harvard.edu dwiner@cyber.law.harvard.edu <img src="http://images.scripting.com/archiveScriptingCom/2005/02/22/tree.jpg" width="99" height="105" border="0" align="right" hspace="15" vspace="5" alt="A picture named tree.jpg">Draft: <a href="http://www.thetwowayweb.com/2005/02/22#a272">Google's Toolbar and content modification</a>. After a few days reading comments both pro and con, trying out the software, thinking, I put together this document which explains why authors and publishers should tell Google to back down. Their toolbar takes a step down a treacherous slope, that changes the way the Web works as to make commerce, journalism and scholarship impossible. It will render agreements entered to on the web null and void. It invites Microsoft, with it's virtual monopoly in browser, to do the same, to the detriment of the market, and even Google itself. In the current political climate it seems unlikely that the Department of Justice would intervene if Microsoft chose to match Google. The feature is poorly thought out, clearly breaks with Google's culture (there's no opt-out, even the search engine offers one). Tue, 22 Feb 2005 15:03:22 GMT http://archive.scripting.com/2005/02/22#When:10:03:22AM <a href="http://www.google.com/support/toolbar/bin/answer.py?answer=14289&topic=238">Google</a>: "The AutoLink feature adds links to the page you're viewing if it recognizes certain types of information on the page." So if there was any doubt that the purpose of AutoLink was to add links to pages created by others, it's right <a href="http://images.scripting.com/archiveScriptingCom/2005/02/22/autoLinkPurpose.gif">there</a> in black and white on google.com. Tue, 22 Feb 2005 13:53:09 GMT http://archive.scripting.com/2005/02/22#When:8:53:09AM <a href="http://lamammals.blogspot.com/2005/02/evolution-in-flatland.html">Len Bullard</a>: "Some are glossing right past the ChoicePoint fiasco." Tue, 22 Feb 2005 15:01:37 GMT http://archive.scripting.com/2005/02/22#When:10:01:37AM <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/22/books/22thompson.html">NY Times</a>: "Mr. Thompson's approach in many ways mirrors the style of modern-day bloggers." Tue, 22 Feb 2005 15:09:10 GMT http://archive.scripting.com/2005/02/22#When:10:09:10AM <a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0001011/2005/02/19.html#a9456">Scoble</a>: "No RSS? No downloads? Fake content? You're fired!" Tue, 22 Feb 2005 12:27:24 GMT http://archive.scripting.com/2005/02/22#When:7:27:24AM <a href="http://audio.weblogs.com/">Dear Googlebot</a>: "This site points to lots of podcasts." Tue, 22 Feb 2005 12:30:58 GMT http://archive.scripting.com/2005/02/22#When:7:30:58AM <a href="http://images.scripting.com/archiveScriptingCom/2005/02/22/columbia1.jpg">Cyrus</a> <a href="http://images.scripting.com/archiveScriptingCom/2005/02/22/gates2.jpg">Farivar</a> sent pictures of Winter 2005 in NYC. Tue, 22 Feb 2005 08:53:27 GMT http://archive.scripting.com/2005/02/22#When:3:53:27AM <a href="http://jrobb.mindplex.org/2005/02/21.html#a6064">John Robb calls</a> Google's move into content modification a strategic mistake, a bet-the-company mistake. Tue, 22 Feb 2005 09:14:20 GMT http://archive.scripting.com/2005/02/22#When:4:14:20AM <a href="http://archive.scripting.com/2001/06/07">In June 2001</a>, Scoble sent me a <a href="http://www.scripting.com/images/smarttagsByScoble.gif">screen shot</a> that explained Smart Tags. Tue, 22 Feb 2005 08:47:16 GMT http://archive.scripting.com/2005/02/22#When:3:47:16AM <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/22/opinion/22krugman.html?ex=1266814800&en=6f3b50f768726ba3&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland">Krugman</a>: "National security policy should not be a refuge to which Mr Bush can flee when his domestic agenda falls apart. " Tue, 22 Feb 2005 09:05:49 GMT http://archive.scripting.com/2005/02/22#When:4:05:49AM