Visit Indian Travel Sites
Goa,
Kerala,
Tamil Nadu,
Andhra Pradesh,
Delhi,
Rajasthan,
Uttar Pradesh,
Himachal Pradesh,
Assam,
Sikkim,
Madhya Pradesh,
Jammu & Kashmir
Karnataka
|
We don't steal content, but operate like virtual newsagent: Google | Rejecting media mogul Rupert Murdoch's charge that it is guilty of 'theft', Google has claimed that it does not steal content, but it is operating like a virtual newsagent.
"We do not steal content. If you look at Google search and Google News what you
will find is snippets, a little line that will take you through to the original
websites," The Guardian quoted Matt Brittin, the director of Google UK, as saying.
"That's accepted as in line with copyright law worldwide, seen as like a newspaper
article quoting lines from a book in a book review. We defend copyright owners'
rights and it's wrong to paint us as stealing content. We are like a virtual newsagent,"
he added. Brittin told MPs on the Commons culture, media and sport select committee
that publishers had control over how their material appeared on the controversial
aggregation service Google News. "Publishers have control, they choose to make
content available for free online. They have control now and have always had control
to allow them to opt out. They can say, 'I don't want to appear in Google search
or in Google News or in one and not the other'," he said. Brittin's appearance
at parliament coincided with a similar defence of the company by Google's chief
executive, Eric Schmidt. Writing in the Murdoch-owned Wall Street Journal, Schmidt
said: "With dwindling revenue and diminished resources, frustrated newspaper executives
are looking for someone to blame. "Much of their anger is currently directed at
Google, whom many executives view as getting all the benefit from the business
relationship without giving much in return. The facts, I believe, suggest otherwise,"
he added. Google has come under sustained attack recently from Murdoch, who is
preparing to introduce online charging at all his newspapers worldwide, including
the Sun and the Times in the UK. |
|
|
|
|
|