Google's Schmidt warns regulators against killing innovation(physorg.com)

38 pointsby cwan14 anni fa8 comments

Google's Schmidt warns regulators against killing innovation

http://www.physorg.com/news/2012-02-google-schmidt.html

2 comments

naner14 anni fa

Asked by an Iranian member of the audience if Google will stop blocking Android or Chrome downloads in his country, Schmidt said that the ban was due to US sanctions on Iran and that "we can't violate US law."

Is this due to crypto within the software or what?

urdnot14 anni fa

abraham14 anni fa

EXPORTS TO IRAN - In general, unless licensed by OFAC, goods, technology, or services may not be exported, reexported, sold or supplied, directly or indirectly, from the United States or by a U.S. person, wherever located, to Iran or the Government of Iran.

http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Programs/D...

toddnessa14 anni fa

It is for the most part an unfortunate fact that regulators are a stifler of innovation. What has their recent push for SOPA just taught us? If they want to regulate it to truly protect people that is one thing. For example, children need to be protected from predators who would exploit them on the Internet. However,when regulators attempt to regulate out of greed (because their pockets are being laced by Hollywood or some other interest group) they ruin things for everybody.