French Producer Sues Google for Distributing Film for free

Nov 28, 2006

A French producer has sued Google France for distributing his film, The World According to Bush for free. According to this Reuter link the French production house, Flach Film, said that such practices threaten the development of legel Internet video market.

Copyright infringement is a serious issue and such cases should get appropriate exposure because being big — Google, I mean — doesn’t give you the right to be callous about other industries and their long-term plans.