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Tuesday, March 06, 2007

Google Check your Gmail you have message from Bill

Guys I hope you did not realy thought that your games on MSFT turf will cost you nothing? They could cost you Your Business as was written before here.

Microsoft to blast Google for its copyright policy

"SEATTLE, March 5 (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile , Research) is set to launch a blistering attack on rival Google Inc. (GOOG.O: Quote, Profile , Research) on 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.
"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.
"Google takes the position that everything may be freely copied unless the copyright owner notifies Google and tells it to stop," said Rubin, noting that Microsoft takes the position of seeking the copyright owner's consent before they copy...con'd"

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