Microsoft announced Thursday that it filed a complaint against Google with the European Commission for anti-competitive practices, joining an ongoing investigation which will determine if Google has abused its dominant position in online search. Industry leader in Europe, Google is more than 90% of online searches in the countries of the European Union.
In a lengthy blog post, Brad Smith, Microsoft's vice president, explains why his company has filed a complaint. There are problems jumble metadata access YouTube videos, which Microsoft claims not to have full access (unlike Apple, for example) or data sharing advertising campaigns. Microsoft also relies on the recent rejection by the American justice of the agreement between Google and publishers about the Google Books, claiming that the search engine tries to get exclusive access to "orphan works", these texts do are not in the public domain but which have no known assigns.
In a lengthy blog post, Brad Smith, Microsoft's vice president, explains why his company has filed a complaint. There are problems jumble metadata access YouTube videos, which Microsoft claims not to have full access (unlike Apple, for example) or data sharing advertising campaigns. Microsoft also relies on the recent rejection by the American justice of the agreement between Google and publishers about the Google Books, claiming that the search engine tries to get exclusive access to "orphan works", these texts do are not in the public domain but which have no known assigns.