Interesting story over on the Huffington Post about Aaron Greenspan, who sued Google when his site, Think Computer, got kicked off Google’s AdSense while owed $721.
After failing to get any answers as to why this had happened, or how to go about claiming the outstanding monies from Google, Think’s CEO filed a small claims lawsuit and won.
Aaron states:
Effectively, Google’s position was that it was above the law, and if not any law in particular, then at least the spirit of the law.
Not a good look. And also a shame. Because despite some of the bad press it has been getting recently, Google is still a genuinely innovative company that is pushing the boundaries of what the internet can do, and what we can do on the internet.
However, until Google buys into the fact that being good (or not being evil) doesn’t mean not being accountable, it will continue to follow the same disappointing path as Microsoft in the late 90s.
Rather than there being any sort of Google killer, will Google just end up killing itself?
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mark lancaster // May 4, 2009 at 4:56 pm |
I think that Google won’t kill itself, but I do think it will become a completely different company in the next 10 years. – I don’t foresee them staying ahead of the game as much as they have been.