Your not looking very hard if you can't see the connection between Google's profits (from ad revenue) and piracy. Point of fact, Google just agreed to pay out half a billion dollars in fines to the federal government to avoid prosecution from earning income off their ads on illegal pharmacy websites. Yes, there is a law against that so Google got caught with its pants down. So far, their making money off sites that offer stolen/pirated content is NOT illegal, hence the need for some action on the part of Congress. It's not hard to see, nor hard to figure out a solution.
I will say this. This is probably the ONLY time in my life that I think Murdoch is right about something.
Discussion on:
The best of ZDNet, delivered
ZDNet Newsletters
Get the best of ZDNet delivered straight to your inbox
