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Testimony Says Deal Violates Law, Is Anti-Competitive And Raises Privacy Concerns
WASHINGTON, DC — The proposed Google Books settlement should be
rejected because it is anticompetitive, violates both U.S. and
international law and raises substantial threats to privacy, Consumer
Watchdog’s John M. Simpson told the House Judiciary Committee today.
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Brief Argues Books Settlement Violates Both U.S. And International Copyright Law, Is Anticompetitive
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Consumer Watchdog today filed a brief urging a
federal court to reject the proposed Google Books settlement because it
is anticompetitive and violates both U.S. and international law.
Separately, the consumer group called a Books privacy policy Google
offered late last week inadequate.
Blog Post
L.A. City council is wrestling with a proposal to shift the city’s 30,000 email users and other computer applications to a system provided by Google. Anytime a deal like this is under consideration, it’s worth checking the money trail. I examined records kept by the Los Angeles Ethics Commission to see who paid what to whom.
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Internet giant Google is seeking communications personnel to get its story out to the world and counter what it calls negative press.
According to an …
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The Los Angeles City Council’s Information Technology and General Services (ITGS) Committee on Tuesday
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A Los Angeles City Council committee on Tuesday takes up a …
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A proposal to switch Los Angeles city government’s email and some other computer applications to a "…
Press Release
Santa Monica, CA — Genentech Board Chairman Arthur D. Levinson should
quit as a director of either Internet giant Google or Apple to avoid
antitrust violations, Consumer Watchdog said today, following the
resignation of Eric Schmidt from the Apple board. The call from the nonprofit, nonpartisan consumer group came after the
announcement that Google Chairman and Chief Executive Eric Schmidt, who
held the same dual role, was stepping down from Apple’s board. The
Federal Trade Commission has been investigating for several months
whether Apple and Google had violated antitrust laws by sharing two
directors.
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A week ago I wrote about how a graduate student, Chris Soghoian, had exposed the online industry-touted…
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Santa Monica CA — The proposed 10-year partnership on Internet search
and search advertising between Microsoft and Yahoo! must be closely
scrutinized by the Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department
to ensure there are no antitrust violations and that user privacy is
guaranteed, Consumer Watchdog said today.
