David Barrett’s exit from his job at Akamai Technologies Inc. is notorious. But it’s really just the beginning of a better story.
Barrett joined the Akamai team when his company, file-delivery service Red Swoosh Inc., was acquired in 2007. He lasted only a year, reportedly fired for speaking to a journalist on the record about his opposing view of a $5 music tax Warner Music hoped to push on U.S. residents by tacking the fee onto Internet service bills.
As Warner Music is a major Akamai client, the remarks were apparently not appreciated - Barrett was shown the door. The incident went on to become the subject of an MIT ethics debate regarding the boundaries between personal and professional communications.
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Author: Ty McMahan
