Copyright experts scoffed at attempts by a top Microsoft lawyer to discredit Google's approach to copyrighted material. Most believed Associate GC Thomas Rubin's speech and his opinion piece in the Financial Times had more to do with Microsoft's competition with Google than solid legal arguments. Google maintains that its book search site allows users to search copyrighted books, but if a copyright owner has not consented, the user will see only a snippet. That's a key distinction for legal analysts.
March 07, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Copyright experts scoffed Tuesday at attempts by a top Microsoft lawyer to discredit Google’s approach to copyrighted material.
Most believed Associate General Counsel Thomas Rubin’s speech before a book conference — as well as his opinion piece in the Financial Times — had a lot more to do with Microsoft’s vicious competition with Google than about solid legal arguments.
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