They ARE sponsored by Microsoft.
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| hiohoaus May 24, 2006 6:01 PM EDT |
Their co-sponsors' sites all said so and clearly listed Heartland as co-sponsorees, although in the last few days the label "Microsoft" appears to have been recognised as the political "kiss of death" it always has been (if not always admitting to this) and so has been secreted from view at/by many of them. Heartland also actively support the commercial addiction of people to lethal chemicals, and even admit to at least 10% of all such users dying as a result of their use. |
| hiohoaus May 24, 2006 6:19 PM EDT |
Have a look at this page http://www.cato.org/sponsors/sponsors.html for example and scan carefully through the list of Foundations as well, for Bill-influenced names. |
| NoDough May 25, 2006 6:24 AM EDT |
You lost me. Why are CATO's contributors relevant to Heartland? |
| dcparris May 25, 2006 7:27 AM EDT |
I would like to see a more direct link between Heartland and Microsoft. If you can verify that, I'll publish it as news. Otherwise, all we can really say for now is that The Heartland Institute is very fond of a convicted monopolist, for some odd reason. |
| hkwint May 25, 2006 11:05 AM EDT |
Heartland is a 501(c). This seems to mean (I'm European) they have to tell where there money goes to, but they don't have to tell where it comes from. Till 2004, Heartland published their funders (acconding to their own website), but after that, they stopped doing so. See http://www.heartland.org/FAQArticle.cfm?faqId=7 Most funding comes from some big foundations, like Bill and Berniece Grewcock Foundation, Castle Rock Foundation, Scaife Foundations, Armstrong Foundation, Barre Seid Foundation and Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation. http://www.mediatransparency.org/recipientprofile.php?recipi... They say 32% of the funding is corporate. Since 501(c) fundings are tax deductible, if MS paid them money and deducted it from their taxes, one should be able to find out by looking at the MS balance sheets and other digits like that. However, they probably tried to hide their tracks, and if their was any funding involved, it must have gone via-via. |
| hkwint May 25, 2006 11:28 AM EDT |
You should check this link:
http://wifinetnews.com/archives/004765.html and look for what they say about Steven Titch. Interesting... |
| hkwint May 25, 2006 11:44 AM EDT |
Darnit, you should check this Heartland article about MS and the EC: Anti-Trust or Anti-Americanism? http://www.heartland.org/Article.cfm?artId=19048 This is the FIRST article I ever read about MS versus EC. which not mentions the word "monopoly" (nowhere on the page!), the reasons for the actions of the EC against MS. Here's some framing languages/FUD from the piece: It makes Heartland look even more suspicious... As Microsoft’s attorneys and other American representatives told the CFI, the intellectual property in question does not act like a language, but rather like DNA. That would give Microsoft’s rivals the ability not to talk with them, but to clone them--a dangerous development that should be avoided. As Jim Prendergast of Americans for Technology Leadership noted, “This portion of the remedy should be titled ‘attack of the clones.’” Here we HAVE a smoking gun: Sonia Arrison (sarrison@pacificresearch.org) is director of technology studies at the Pacific Research Institute. This institute gets money from MS: http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Pacific_Research_... We should write something about it maybe... |
| hkwint May 25, 2006 11:57 AM EDT |
Sorry for this many posts, but it starts to get interesting. If you read the story "Progress & Freedom Foundation", written by James V. DeLong, you may wonder why this person says interoperability breaches Intellectual Property. Here the interesting ('MS defending') parts: "Interoperability is not synonymous with interchangability. Any situation that demands platform suppliers give away underlying intellectual property in order to allow a competitor to create what is essentially a generic duplicate, undermines the value of the intellectual capital used to create the platform and any products or services that use it. "Those who regard the destruction of IPR as the key to promoting interoperability and cooperation among firms have the situation exactly backward. To the contrary, the road to effective cooperation and interoperability is through IPR." On the end of the story we read: James V. DeLong is a senior fellow and director of the Center for the Study of Digital Property (IPCentral) at the Progress & Freedom Foundation. Yes, you guessed right: the Progress & Freedom Foundation is sponsored by the usual suspects: MS, Intel, Disney, Google, Apple, Verisign... (See http://www.pff.org/about/supporters.html) |
| grouch May 25, 2006 12:00 PM EDT |
Looks like you've found another message vending machine. Drop in the coins, choose the message, and out it spews. |
| hkwint May 25, 2006 12:10 PM EDT |
And it goes on... There's a story at Heartland called "Free' Software Isn’t Free". Written by Steve DelBianco, who represents the Association for Competitive Technology and the NetChoice Coalition. Microsoft is one of the membres of that coalition. http://www.actonline.org/omembers.htm David B. Kopel has written a book, called "Antitrust after Microsoft : The Obsolescence of Antitrust in the Digital Era". It is published by Heartland. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0963202758/002-4599148-8512... David B. Kopel works for the Independent Institute. MS was the biggest funder of the Independent Institute in 1999. http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Independent_Insti... So, though we didn't find a direct relation between Heartland/Titch and MS, I think the above examples say enough. |
| hkwint May 25, 2006 3:40 PM EDT |
One post went up in smoke (?), so I'll repost the best part I found till now. One Heartland piece is written by Barry M. Aarons ,senior research fellow for the Institute for Policy Innovation. http://www.heartland.org/Article.cfm?artId=19052 Looking for money from MS to the IPI, I couldn't find anything, but I did found something far more interesting: An businessweek called Op-Eds for sale. http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/dec2005/nf200512... It deals about a guy called 'Ferrara' who received money from Abramoff: Peter Ferrara, a senior policy adviser at the conservative Institute for Policy Innovation, says he, too, took money from Abramoff to write op-ed pieces boosting the lobbyist's clients. "I do that all the time," Ferrara says. "I've done that in the past, and I'll do it in the future." We all know who one of the lobbyists client is (I hope, if not, go read some stories Tom Adelstein wrote about Abramoff). Then, it becomes even more interesting: ...he adds that at some point over the years, Abramoff stopped working with him: "Jack lost interest in me and felt he had other writers who were writing in more prominent publications," Ferrara says. I must add, Abramoffs money went to Ferrara before he started to work for IPI. So, what do we learn? Most people writing for Heartland work for thinktanks of which Microsoft brings in funds. That's not a problem, as long as anyone knows Microsoft pays. The problem with both IPI and Heartland is, they don't reveal their funds anymore, and therefore they shouldn't be suprised, people see them as being bribed. After this happened, Ferrara's IPI bos, Mr Giovanetti, started a verbal fistfight with businessweek with ended with a letter from Mr Giovanetti stating, amongst others, 1. There is no legal requirement for IPI to disclose its funding sources, so no-one can know for sure if they are funded by Microsoft or not. 2. Open source software is lame. 3. Open sourcers spend their time writing viruses and worms, hacking websites, and asserting things without proof. 4. In any case, if IPI is funded by Microsoft (not that Giovenetti is admitting this), criticizing IPI will just make them seem more heroic and ensure continued funding. OK, that's convinces me Mr Giovanetti! |
| tuxchick2 May 25, 2006 4:10 PM EDT |
wow, Hans, when you get riled up, look what happens! Nice research, thanks. |
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