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Microsoft to blast Google over copyright policy
3/07/2007 07:05:00 AM
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.Read More
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.
"Companies that create no content of their own, and make money solely on the backs of other people's content, are raking in billions through advertising revenue and IPOs," says Rubin, who oversees copyright and trade secret law at Microsoft.
I don't know if this article is just poorly written, but it makes Microsoft sound like idiots in my opinion. It is saying that Microsoft is suing Google over the idea that they are harming the value of intellectual property. It says the following in the end:
Microsoft argued then that open source software jeopardized property rights and threatened to undermine the software industry as it argued in favor of "shared source" software that reinforced intellectual property rights.Is this going to be the start of suing all open source companies, even the ones that make no money?
Labels: Association of American Publishers, Copyright, Google, lawsuit, Microsoft, Open Source
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