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Google to be sued for $3 Billion

Rappy   on 07 November 2008 - 07:33 · 17 comments & 5476 views

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Google have had their fair share of lawsuits lately. One of the big ones came from Belgian Newspapers when they sued Google in 2007 for linking to news stories without their permission and the newspapers won their case, but it seems they are being sued again.

The company in question is a team of Russian developers who work for "Era Vodoleya" who created and copyrighted technology that Google is now using in their contextual adverts. They created this technology back in 1998 and Google then used it a couple of years later and started earning big money off it.

The amount of money Era Vodoleya are looking for is 15% of Google's profit which is around $3 billion, this coincides with the company trying to launch their own search engine that aims to rival Google on the Internet.

At the time of writing, Google have said that they do not know of any claims by the company to sue them or take action against them.

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#1 C++ on 07 Nov 2008 - 07:57
Here is a good rule of thumb. Never sue somebody for more money than it would cost them to have a cap popped in your ass.
#2 IntelliMoo on 07 Nov 2008 - 08:02
Those crazy russian b******s! LOL

Last edited by creamhackered on 07 Nov 2008 - 08:10
(4 replies) #3 Matan Mates on 07 Nov 2008 - 08:07
3 Bil, lawl, would be cheaper to recruit an army and attack russia/
#3.1 +Chicane-UK on 07 Nov 2008 - 08:55
I can't believe the stupidity of some of the comments made on this forum sometimes.
#3.2 KavazovAngel on 07 Nov 2008 - 09:04
Chicane-UK said,
I can't believe the stupidity of some of the comments made on this forum sometimes.


Lol, I think he used sarcasm...
#3.3 Septerra on 07 Nov 2008 - 09:08
KavazovAngel said,
Lol, I think he used sarcasm...

That doesn't save his commentary from being stupid. :-)
#3.4 Matan Mates on 07 Nov 2008 - 10:31
Septerra said,
That doesn't save his commentary from being stupid. :-)

or urself, for that matter.
#4 +witalit on 07 Nov 2008 - 09:14
Wow them guys are dumb, google gonna win they own the interweb!!
(2 replies) #5 +stifler6478 on 07 Nov 2008 - 09:18
God I hate Google, but lawsuits like these I hate even more.

-Spenser
#5.1 darkpuma on 07 Nov 2008 - 11:27
stifler6478 said,
God I hate Google, but lawsuits like these I hate even more.

-Spenser

why do you hate google?????
#5.2 C_Guy on 07 Nov 2008 - 16:15
Ha ha ha... How could you fit all the reasons in a message board post?
#6 xpgeek on 07 Nov 2008 - 09:42
Good luck with that.
#7 Matan Mates on 07 Nov 2008 - 10:32
bah, google gets a stiffy from every lawsuit they get, they don't worry about losing, but publicity
#8 Magallanes on 07 Nov 2008 - 12:10
The company in question is a team of Russian developers who work for "Era Vodoleya" who created and copyrighted technology that Google is now using in their contextual adverts.


Sound BS, a copyright infringement can be a stolen or unauthorized use of some source code but still is really hard to prove it (even SCO wasn't able to prove the case versus Linu.

#9 nunjabusiness on 07 Nov 2008 - 12:58
Better hope Putin doesn't get enlisted by those guys.
After January 21, Russia can pretty much pwn anybody they want.
#10 The Guardian on 07 Nov 2008 - 14:41
What I don't understand is, why do all these issues surface after so many years? I mean, hasn't Google been using this supposedly stolen technology for years now?
#11 qdave on 07 Nov 2008 - 16:14
^ it wasnt profitable to sue on the first year.

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