"We're just like any company, we're a commercial entity that provides a public service, " he said.
The first step is corporatization, which makes the service subject to the standard set of corporate laws and norms associated with a large commercial entity.
It is a real question whether it benefits or harms society for a commercial entity to control access to basic knowledge and potentially limit its redistribution.
And remember, we are talking about a commercial entity, not a court of law, so even having to use the phrase due process suggests that things are going wrong.
However, Gordon Dewar, managing director of Edinburgh Airport, said that as a commercial entity, the airport needed to balance providing the best facilities for passengers with attracting new business.
Google is not the only tech company that has trained its users to expect ultimately undeliverable things, but most people view Google more as a utility than a commercial entity.
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Then on Tuesday the Fed said it would create a special entity to buy commercial paper directly from eligible issuers.
First, no business entity provides any more protection than it is treated as a bona fide and independent commercial operation.
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Already, the Obama Administration in conjunction with the Federal Communications Commission has proposed to free up 500 MHz of spectrum for commercial use over the next 10 years, and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, the government entity charged with overseeing federal spectrum usage, has identified 115 MHz to make available over the next five years.
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