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Consumer Watchdog Urges Senator Kohl To Recall Google’s Schmidt As Witness After Executive Calls Government Slow And Stupid In Interview
CONTACT: Jamie Court , 310-392-0075; John M. Simpson, 310-392-7041; Carmen Balber, 202-629-3043
Washington, DC – Consumer Watchdog today took Google's Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt to task today over remarks made to The Washington Post in which he claimed Google should not be the subject of antitrust review because its services are "free" and made derogatory remarks about government officials being slow, backward and greedy.
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Candian court won’t dismiss Perfect 10 infringement suit
Posted by Margot Williams
Monday, July 26, 2010
A Canadian court has denied Google's attempt to dismiss a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Perfect 10, an adult entertainment publisher.
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Consumers pondering Google/Viacom ruling
Posted by Margot Williams
Friday, June 25, 2010
A federal court decision this week throwing out Viacom’s’ $1 billion lawsuit against YouTube, has consumers and copyright holders wondering about its implications. (Viacom says it will appeal.)
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Will Google Music take on Apple’s iTunes?
Posted by Margot Williams
Thursday, June 17, 2010
The story that Google is going into the music business, first floated by Tech Crunch last fall, has returned with CNet’s Greg Sandoval citing “multiple music industry sources” saying the launch could come this fall.
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Consumer Watchdog Urges State Attorneys General To Probe Google’s WiSpy Snooping
CONTACT: John M. Simpson (310) 392-0522, ext 317; or cell; (310) 292-1902
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Consumer Watchdog today called on the state attorneys general to investigate Google’s WiSpy snooping in their respective states to determine what state laws were broken.
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Consumer Watchdog Launches Inside Google Website To Focus Light on Internet Giant
CONTACT: John M. Simpson , (310) 392-0522, ext 317; or cell: (310) 292-1902
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Consumer Watchdog today formally launched its new Website, Inside Google, to focus attention on the company’s activities and hold Google accountable for its actions. The sites’ URL is http://insidegoogle.com.
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Consumer Watchdog Targets Google
By Cecilia Kang , THE WASHINGTON POST
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Every month, Simpson comes to Washington to meet with staff on the Hill and regulatory agencies, journalists and corporate lobbyists. Simpson said he met last week with Jim Tierney, chief of the networks and technology section of the antitrust division of the Justice Department, and staffers about his petition for a broad investigation. Last year, he testified before Congress about privacy and competition concerns in Google's book settlement.
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Can we draw any conclusions from Google’s new look?
Posted by John M. Simpson
Friday, May 7, 2010
Internet giant Google spiffed up its look and redesigned the appearance of its search pages this week. The move left me wondering what inferences, if any, can be drawn about the Internet giant's attitude toward intellectual property.
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Google is committed to openness — for everybody else
Posted by John M. Simpson
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Google continues to demonstrate that when comes to a commitment to openness and transparency the Internet giant is really talking about holding others to that standard, certainly not itself.
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What is Google hiding?
Posted by John M. Simpson
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Thousands of pages of documents were unsealed in U.S. Court in New York Thursday in the $1 billion copyright infringement suit filed against YouTube and ...
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Judge asks tough questions in Google Books case
Posted by John M. Simpson
Friday, February 19, 2010
U.S. Judge Denny Chin began Thursday's marathon Fairness Hearing in the Google Books case by ending the suspense. "I'm not going to rule today," he said. But sitting in the courtroom observing the more than four-hour long hearing, the questions Judge Chin asked left me believing that the objections to the deal raised by groups like Consumer Watchdog have made a strong impression on him.
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Google In Court Over Books Deal
By Maggie Shiels BBC NEWS
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Search giant Google is facing its opponents in a New York court over long-delayed plans to create the world's largest online library. Critics say the pact would hand the search giant a monopoly over online books sales. Some 26 interested parties will be given time to outline any objections. "This case is the key showdown. It's high-noon time in front of a judge," said John Simpson of Consumer Watchdog, one of the groups that objects to the settlement. "I do think all the books in the world should be digitised, but I think it is completely wrong to give one huge company control of that huge database and this is a very, very important matter," Mr Simpson said.
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US DoJ Dissatisfied With Google Book Deal
By Chris Nuttall FINANCIAL TIMES UK
Friday, February 5, 2010
San Francisco, CA -- The US Department of Justice on Thursday said it was still not satisfied with an agreement on digitising books made between Google, authors and publishers, despite “substantial progress” on amendments to the settlement. Consumer Watchdog, the consumer group, welcomed the DoJ’s objections to the deal. “Google offered only minimal amendments to its original flawed deal and the key problems remain,” said John Simpson, a spokesman. “The DoJ filing and the outpouring of other briefs from around the world opposing the amended settlement make it almost certain [Judge Chin] will reject the deal.”
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