The European Commission will put Google a new blow: in the special forms of the "victim" will tell about the dirty games of the corporation
The European Union continues an antitrust investigation into Google ’s market behavior. In April, the company was accused of dishonest promotion of its own services by distorting search results. Representatives of the European Commission sent out a questionnaire to the participants of the European market in order to find out their opinion on the changes in Google policy since 2010. Also, respondents were asked to copy their advertising agreements with Google over the past four years.
In the questionnaire, respondents should indicate exactly which clauses of the agreement with Google prevented these companies from placing advertisements for competitors, and state why they agreed to such conditions.
Another form is designed to find out how often Google copies images and other content of competitors. In this questionnaire, respondents should explain to what extent they control the use of their materials posted on Google Images .
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EU authorities are also collecting materials on how to promote the Google Android mobile operating system. If a violation of antitrust laws is revealed, companies face a billionth penalty, in addition, regulators may require Google to change their business practices, The Wall Street Journal reports .
The desire of the commission to study the problems of copying and imposing exclusive conditions is welcome, says Thomas Heppner, a lawyer from the law firm of Olswang , representing the interests of opponents of Google. Publishers bear the costs of creating content, and Google profits by simply copying and using this content in its own services, give the Vedomosti comment.
The trial with Google will be the loudest antitrust case of the European Commission after a similar story with Microsoft, which eventually was fined $ 1.8 billion. The penalty for Google may be $ 6 billion.
Until August 31, Google is obliged to give an official response to the accusations of discrimination against competitors. Earlier, the European Commission postponed twice the appointed date.
In the questionnaire, respondents should indicate exactly which clauses of the agreement with Google prevented these companies from placing advertisements for competitors, and state why they agreed to such conditions.
Another form is designed to find out how often Google copies images and other content of competitors. In this questionnaire, respondents should explain to what extent they control the use of their materials posted on Google Images .
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EU authorities are also collecting materials on how to promote the Google Android mobile operating system. If a violation of antitrust laws is revealed, companies face a billionth penalty, in addition, regulators may require Google to change their business practices, The Wall Street Journal reports .
The desire of the commission to study the problems of copying and imposing exclusive conditions is welcome, says Thomas Heppner, a lawyer from the law firm of Olswang , representing the interests of opponents of Google. Publishers bear the costs of creating content, and Google profits by simply copying and using this content in its own services, give the Vedomosti comment.
The trial with Google will be the loudest antitrust case of the European Commission after a similar story with Microsoft, which eventually was fined $ 1.8 billion. The penalty for Google may be $ 6 billion.
Until August 31, Google is obliged to give an official response to the accusations of discrimination against competitors. Earlier, the European Commission postponed twice the appointed date.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/293878/
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