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Akamai Fires Engineer Who Spoke Out Against Music Tax
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Akamai Fires Engineer Who Spoke Out Against Music Tax May 2, 2008 · Filed Under TechCrunch · Comment Akamai engineering manager David Barrett, who spoke on the record as being opposed to the Warner Music sponsored music tax (more) last month, was fired on April 25, sources say. Barrett criticized the proposed music tax in an interview with Portfolio Magazine. The relevant text: David Barrett, engineering manager for peer-to-peer networks at Web content-delivery giant Akamai, says he’s opposed to it on principle. Griffin’s plan, he says, is tantamount to extortion, because it forces everyone to join.
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