"The question is not what Google has already done. It's knowing what he needs to be done." Bob Goodlatte, Chairman (Republican) of a parliamentary commission on U.S. illegal downloads, set the tone, Wednesday, April 6, asking the search engine to do more against counterfeiting. Google representatives were heard by the U.S.
Congress so that both chambers are working on proposals for legislation to block websites "illegal". Bill Coica (Online Combating Counterfeits and Infringement Act) provides that private actors, including rights-holders, can apply directly to the blocking of sites selling counterfeit goods or offering illegal downloads.
The text also prohibit advertising companies - including Google Adwords - to serve ads on sites blacklisted. GOOGLE AGAINST THE "TROLL" A project strongly criticized by Google on Wednesday before the elect. Kent Walker, the representative of the search engine, said that giving such power to private actors would grant them an extremely high leverage on the services of search engine.
"The law should not include provision for so private actors. It would be an incentive for 'trolls' to require settlement agreements with intermediaries or to sites that try to enforce the law," said Will he said. In American English, the word "troll" can mean both a visitor who disrupts the discussions, or "patent troll", ie a patent holder who institutes proceedings for unfair attempt to obtain settlement agreements lucrative.
Google believes that if the law was passed unamended, it would be easier for rights holders to threaten the search engine targeted if he refused to go up artificially sites "official" in its search results, for example. The hearing took place just hours after the withdrawal of the application site Grooveshark catalog of mobile software Android, run by Google.
Grooveshark, which offers streaming music like Deezer, is in the collimator of the copyright holders because, unlike Deezer or Spotify, it has not yet reached agreements with all the record companies. In a statement, the site said he was "surprised" by Google's decision, and claims not to understand the reasons for withdrawal of its application.
Google merely explain it removes its catalog "applications that do not comply with its charter." The withdrawal was greeted by U.S. lawmakers. 
Congress so that both chambers are working on proposals for legislation to block websites "illegal". Bill Coica (Online Combating Counterfeits and Infringement Act) provides that private actors, including rights-holders, can apply directly to the blocking of sites selling counterfeit goods or offering illegal downloads.
The text also prohibit advertising companies - including Google Adwords - to serve ads on sites blacklisted. GOOGLE AGAINST THE "TROLL" A project strongly criticized by Google on Wednesday before the elect. Kent Walker, the representative of the search engine, said that giving such power to private actors would grant them an extremely high leverage on the services of search engine.
"The law should not include provision for so private actors. It would be an incentive for 'trolls' to require settlement agreements with intermediaries or to sites that try to enforce the law," said Will he said. In American English, the word "troll" can mean both a visitor who disrupts the discussions, or "patent troll", ie a patent holder who institutes proceedings for unfair attempt to obtain settlement agreements lucrative.
Google believes that if the law was passed unamended, it would be easier for rights holders to threaten the search engine targeted if he refused to go up artificially sites "official" in its search results, for example. The hearing took place just hours after the withdrawal of the application site Grooveshark catalog of mobile software Android, run by Google.
Grooveshark, which offers streaming music like Deezer, is in the collimator of the copyright holders because, unlike Deezer or Spotify, it has not yet reached agreements with all the record companies. In a statement, the site said he was "surprised" by Google's decision, and claims not to understand the reasons for withdrawal of its application.
Google merely explain it removes its catalog "applications that do not comply with its charter." The withdrawal was greeted by U.S. lawmakers.
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