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

Written by Stephen E. Arnold · Filed Under Google, Government, Legal matters, News

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Stephen E. Arnold monitors search, content processing, text mining and related topics from his high-tech nerve center in rural Kentucky. He tries to winnow the goose feathers from the giblets. He works with colleagues worldwide to make this Web log useful to those who want to go "beyond search". Contact him at sa [at] arnoldit.com. His Web site with additional information about search is arnoldit.com.