Google and Sony Tie Up Implications for Competitors
September 9, 2009
When Google held a seat on the Apple board of directors, one assumed that the companies were in sync. Then the Google board seat went away. A short time later, Google inked a deal with the struggling Sony. The most interesting angle was the increasingly controversial Google Books project. Sony updated its somewhat clumsy ebook and announced that the device would use Google Books or at least some of them. I did not bother to point out that the axis of Google – Sony seemed to offset the more and more chummy relationship between Microsoft and Amazon. These large scale movements are outside the scope of this somewhat narrow Web log. I did notice that few people explored this new tie up in any detail.
I want to mention one news story that struck me as interesting and possibly germane to the Google – Sony love fest. “Sony Music in Mexico Raided by Police” reported “Thousands of CDs and storage devices were seized after a raid on Sony Music Entertainment Mexico offices linked to a legal case with ranchera singer Alejandro Fernandez.” Sony, as you may recall, ceded the personal media player sector to Apple. Then Sony deployed what some called a “root kit”. In short, lots of Sony excitement to go with the financial excitement the company has delivered to investors.
My question, “Will Google competitors and some who are skeptical of Google’s innate goodness probe into the Google – Sony deal?” I wonder if there may be a gap that can be leveraged?
Stephen Arnold, September 1, 2009
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i was wondering. i saw this and was thinking
who are sony’s competitors then? and how do they differ from their competitors and vice versa.
thanks.