Microsoft To Blast Google For Its Copyright Policy
Posted by: [NT] on: 03/06/2007 03:29 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ] · 519 views
Microsoft Corp. is set to launch a blistering attack on rival Google Inc. Tuesday for what the software giant argues is the Web search leader's "cavalier" approach to copyright protection.
In prepared remarks to be delivered to the Association of American Publishers, Microsoft Associate General Counsel Thomas Rubin argues that Google's move into new media markets has come at the expense of publishers of books, videos and software. The Microsoft attorney's comments echo arguments at the heart of a 16-month-old copyright lawsuit against Google brought by five major book publishers and organized by the Association of American Publishers, an industry trade group. More at I-Week
In prepared remarks to be delivered to the Association of American Publishers, Microsoft Associate General Counsel Thomas Rubin argues that Google's move into new media markets has come at the expense of publishers of books, videos and software. The Microsoft attorney's comments echo arguments at the heart of a 16-month-old copyright lawsuit against Google brought by five major book publishers and organized by the Association of American Publishers, an industry trade group. More at I-Week
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