Reminder: Google Is An MP3 Search Engine Too
Found on Techdirt on Tuesday, 04 November 2008
We've pointed out many times in the past that the various Torrent tracker sites out there that the entertainment industry is suing are not particularly different than Google.
If Google is equally as effective as various torrent trackers in finding unauthorized content, why aren't the entertainment industry giants suing Google for the same thing?
Easy: pocket depth. Google has a large amount of lawyers ready for whatever gets thrown at them, and of course Google can afford any lawsuit to any extend. On the other hand, trackers are in a totally different position. The industry knows exactly why it won't touch Google with a 10' pole: because Google would swing back at them with a 12' 2x4.