<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">Dear Mc Tim, followigns are references please:</SPAN></div>
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<div><EM style="RIGHT: auto"><STRONG style="RIGHT: auto">Google fined for book copyright:</STRONG></EM><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto"></div>
<div>A French court has found Google guilty of infringing copyright by digitising books without the approval of the publisher.</div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto">The search giant must pay €300,000 in damages to Herve de La Martiniere. Google will also have to pay a daily fine of €10,000 until it clears the books from its database, the BBC reports. [<A style="RIGHT: auto" href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/18/google_books_defeat/">http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/18/google_books_defeat/</A>]</div></SPAN>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto"><STRONG><EM style="RIGHT: auto">Google’s Piracy Liabilities</EM>: </STRONG></SPAN></div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">Google so strongly opposes anti-piracy legislation in part because Google appreciates it is unique among major corporations in having a very public and extensive track record over several years that has been anti-IP enforcement. In addition to its high-profile, pushing-the-envelope of <STRONG style="RIGHT: auto">copyright infringement with both </STRONG><A href="http://news.cnet.com/Publishers-sue-Google-over-book-search-project/2100-1030_3-5902115.html"><FONT color=#0066cc><STRONG>Google Books</STRONG></FONT></A><STRONG style="RIGHT: auto"> and </STRONG><A style="RIGHT: auto" href="http://gigaom.com/video/viacom-sues-youtube-for-1b/"><FONT style="RIGHT: auto" color=#0066cc><STRONG>YouTube</STRONG></FONT></A>, <STRONG style="RIGHT: auto">in August Google signed a criminal Non-Prosecution </STRONG><A href="http://googlemonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Google%20Agreement.pdf"><FONT
color=#0066cc><STRONG>Agreement</STRONG></FONT></A><STRONG> with the Department of Justice</STRONG> to<STRONG style="RIGHT: auto"> settle criminal charges that Google knowingly and repeatedly violated Federal criminal laws prohibiting the “</STRONG><A href="http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2011/August/11-dag-1078.html"><FONT color=#0066cc><STRONG>unsafe and unlawful</STRONG></FONT></A><STRONG> importation of prescription drugs into the U.S. for several years.</STRONG> <STRONG>Google also paid a near-record $500 million criminal forfeiture </STRONG><A href="http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2011/August/11-dag-1078.html"><FONT color=#0066cc><STRONG>penalty</STRONG></FONT></A><STRONG> to settle these piracy charges</STRONG>. Given that the U.S. Attorney who led the Google criminal piracy probe <A href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904787404576532692988751366.html"><FONT color=#0066cc>indicated</FONT></A> the evidence was clear current
senior management, including Google CEO “<A href="http://www.forbes.com/profile/larry-page" target=_blank><EM><FONT color=#0066cc>Larry Page</FONT></EM></A><EM>,</EM><EM> </EM><EM>knew what was going on</EM>” and did not stop the piracy, suggests that Google’s piracy liability is likely not limited to just aiding and abetting illegal prescription drug imports, but could involve many other kinds of goods and services as well.</SPAN></div><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">
<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">[<A style="RIGHT: auto" href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottcleland/2011/11/09/googles-piracy-liability/">http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottcleland/2011/11/09/googles-piracy-liability/</A>]</SPAN></div></SPAN>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><EM style="RIGHT: auto">What does the settlement provide?:</EM></div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto">Google will also pay at least $45 million to resolve existing claims of Rightsholders for Books and Inserts that Google scanned without permission as of May 5, 2009, which is the date by which class members must notify the parties if they wish to opt out of the Settlement (the "Opt-Out Deadline"). Rightsholders will be able to file claims to receive cash payments, but must do so on or before January 5, 2010. <BR>[<A href="http://books.google.com/booksrightsholders/settlement-what.html">http://books.google.com/booksrightsholders/settlement-what.html</A>]<BR></div></BLOCKQUOTE>
<div style="RIGHT: auto; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" dir=ltr>Question is this that what are the possibilities for another " Agreement" with the DoC in near future to settle the "Piracy Infringement that Google knowingly and repeatedly violated" about the collecting and using the data & contents from their common profiels which are shared through single sign-in among all of Google Applications (gmail/facebook/myspace etc).</div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" dir=ltr>Thanks<VAR id=yui-ie-cursor></VAR></div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" dir=ltr>Imran Ahmed Shah</div>
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<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" dir=ltr class=ms__id22964><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> McTim <dogwallah@gmail.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> governance@lists.igcaucus.org; Imran Ahmed Shah <ias_pk@yahoo.com> <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Cc:</SPAN></B> Daniel Kalchev <daniel@digsys.bg>; Louis Pouzin (well) <pouzin@well.com>; Marie Georges <marie.georges@noos.fr> <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Tuesday, 21 February 2012, 11:16<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [governance] Google Caught Tracking Safari Users: What You Need to Know<BR></DIV></FONT>
<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" class=ms__id22964><BR>On 2/21/12, Imran Ahmed Shah <<A href="mailto:ias_pk@yahoo.com" ymailto="mailto:ias_pk@yahoo.com">ias_pk@yahoo.com</A>> wrote:<BR>> With reference to piracy of data, Google has accepted a huge fine through<BR>> the court orders.<BR><BR>It was actually a fine negotiated with the Department of Justice, not<BR>a court ordered fine.<BR><BR>and it wasn't about piracy of data at all.<BR><BR>Googlepaida near-record $500 million criminal forfeiture<BR>> penalty.<BR><BR>I'm not sure it was "criminal" in that one has to be found guilty of a<BR>crime to be a "criminal".<BR><BR><BR>He also was ordered to pay the cost of pirated material. Thus, in<BR>> return, Google got the ownership of the data and contents of the Users.<BR><BR>I can't parse this.<BR><BR>The $500 million represents the money Google made from selling the<BR>drug ads, plus the
revenue earned by Canadian pharmacies from sales to<BR>American customers.<BR><BR>All google got out of it in the end was a black eye.<BR><BR>> Google is making them pay for their material and getting ownership rights<BR>> legally through a middle company.<BR><BR>????<BR><BR>They had to stop selling ads from Canadian pharmacies.<BR><BR>On the Internet, if a product is free, you are not a customer, you are<BR>the product!<BR><BR>-- <BR>Cheers,<BR><BR>McTim<BR>"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A<BR>route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel<BR><BR><BR>____________________________________________________________<BR>You received this message as a subscriber on the list:<BR> <A href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org" ymailto="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</A><BR>To be removed from the list, visit:<BR> <A
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