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ACCC Escalates Google Case…

Posted on October 4th, 2007 by Simon Chen

The ACCC in it’s wisdom have decided to drop their recent landmine case against Google Australia and Google Ireland and decided to pick on an easier target.

Google Inc, USA.

Which of course makes perfect sense. About the same goddam sense as it makes to pick on the 1st Airborne Division of the US Army, knowing full well that just over the horizon is the entire US Defence Force. You might be able to beat up the sibling but there’s no way you’ll end up kicking the shit out of their parents. You get what I’m trying to say, right?
Actually, I can’t help feeling sorry for Google. They must be thinking,”what the hell is going on downunder?”.

The ACCC need to realise that the US are clearly the worlds best litigators and defendants. Their legal system eats this shit for breakfast. Whatever the planned budget the ACCC had allocated to this streetfight, it had better go back with cap in hand to Canberra and ask for a boatload more.

Google Inc, USA have survived this battle before, both in Europe and in the USA. It should hardly be concerned about a pot smoking regulator in Australia.

More here, here and here.

This is getting more insane by the minute.

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    2 Responses to “ACCC Escalates Google Case…”

    1. Fortnightly Update for 4th October | Dipping into the Blogpond Says:
      October 5th, 2007 at 3:22 pm

      [...] I see the ACCC v Google case has taken an interesting turn. The Age has the news which Simon at Eight Black discusses at ACCC Escalates Google Case. [...]

    2. Eight Black » Blog Archive » Google VS ACCC - An Intelligent Viewpoint. Says:
      October 9th, 2007 at 10:56 am

      [...] in the Australian today. He’s far more polite than I am capable of being. Previous posts are here, here and here in case you missed my previous [...]

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