Legal and Government Pressure Mounts on Google
October 11, 2009
How tough is Google? Another question might be, “How much money will Google spend on litigation?” I just read – scanned actually – the Reuters’ story “Germany Criticizes Google for Copyright Infringement”. The story reports that the German top politico used a podcast to rain on Google’s parade. The thorn in the German Chancellor’s paw is copyright or, as I understand it, Google’s stance on copyright. Reuters points out that the Google has scanned a truckload of books. Both German and French publishers are grousing. The FCC is poking around. And I have lost track of the various legal matters in which the Google plays a part. In short, maybe my assertion that legal eagles could cut off Googzilla’s oxygen was ahead of my time in 2004.
Stephen Arnold, October 11, 2009
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