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21/11/2008

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Harris, John

2 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.

The Guardian - United Kingdom | 03/07/2008

Untouchable managers' salaries

Many European politicians want to step in to curtail excessively high salaries for top managers. The Guardian writes that business leaders in Britain have nothing to fear: "High-paid executives worried by change in Europe can take solace from Labour - here they are still untouchable. ... Of course, despite much of Europe's apparent swing back towards its collectivist inheritance, the EU's progressive aspects sit uneasily with all kinds of schemes taken from the neo-liberal handbook. When it comes to the executive pay debate, however, the argument is clear enough. What is taking shape in Europe isn't some crazed drive to eat the rich, but a modest move on the more iniquitous privileges enjoyed by some of the people responsible for our current economic problems. As Britain once again pulls away, a refrain thrown at the Brown government with increasing regularity springs to mind: if not now, then when?"

The Guardian - United Kingdom | 11/10/2006

Google banks on the collaborative web

"What is Google buying?" wonders British journalist John Harris. "The world's biggest collection of pop videos and silly home movies - or something that could change the face of policing, politics and the web? ... The worry is that YouTube will become just another money-making website. Yesterday, it was smattered with anti-Google videos, and the accompanying message boards were full of hastily typed protests. 'Google has a habit of charging for things,' said one user. 'Google complied with the Chinese government to censor websites critical of it,' raged another. 'So much for free speech and privacy. Goodbye, YouTube. It was fun while it lasted.' For one user, a visit to Google Video had provided a worrying augury of the future: 'I wanted to watch an interview, but I was only able to stream three minutes of it ... if I wanted to watch the whole interview, I would have to 'download' it for 99 cents. That is ridiculous! Video should be free!' "

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