Google Accused Of Harboring Film Pirates

Thanks to some help from Google, a couple of men charged with copyright infringement brought in over a million dollars to two websites, with about 80 percent of the money repaid to Google for advertising. The most compelling piece of evidence in the testimony of Brandon Drury and Luke Sample comes from the Wall Street Journal's PaidContent wrote that Google will "train ad sales people to recognize similar potential problems and monitor keyword sales internally." Google isn't commenting on the case, and the identity of the deposed employee has not been revealed. It does indicate that Google has a lot more work to do to make its movie industry pals happy. Movie piracy, like that being offered at asked the question of whether or not Google could be liable for infringement as well. Commentary at the Law Blog included a discussion of MGM v Grokster and how a third-party might be held responsible for copyright infringement. But Google probably can broker a deal behind the scenes and payoff the studios. They should be able to afford it. Tag: Add to Del.icio.us | Digg | Reddit | Furl Bookmark murdok: