> Don't blame them if it's legal. Let the politicians close the loopholes.
That's the same line Eric Schmidt used and what he's really saying is "I defy you to change this as our lobbying power will ensure it's never closed. We already own the politicians so don't bother."
Don't blame them if lobbying is legal. Let the politicians implement campaign finance reform, but first support a constitutional amendment so that it is even legislatively possible after the recent Supreme Court rulings.
Not serious =). A much more realistic short term strategy is to give Google bad PR over this to the point that they stop, then they will start lobbying against it if their competitors are still getting to take advantage of the loophole.
I would think it would take an incredible amount of bad PR for them to stop doing this willingly. The PR would have to be bad enough for them to be able show they are losing money over time using this method.
Bad PR also occasionally gets congress investigating things and poking around, etc. Many times companies "voluntarily" make changes when that is the case. OP's solution of don't blame the player just blame the game won't get us anywhere any time soon.
That's the same line Eric Schmidt used and what he's really saying is "I defy you to change this as our lobbying power will ensure it's never closed. We already own the politicians so don't bother."