Here's the thing, though: Google didn't pay him to write that paper. It didn't even pay anyone he works for (see http://laweconcenter.org/affiliates.html for a list of people who do work for the ICLE). It contributed to the ICLE, which later provided a grant to Mr. Balto to write that paper. Google didn't earmark that contribution for any particular purpose, and Google's far from the only contributor to the ICLE whose money went to fund that grant. So unless you can show a more direct connection, I have to classify this in the same category as a claim that IBM's contributions to iBiblio, which in turn provides hosting services to Groklaw, somehow translate to IBM directly funding Groklaw and influencing it's reporting on cases.

It might be a different matter if you showed that Mr. Balto was employed full-time by the ICLE, but as far as I can tell that's not the case.

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