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Or the other way around, Google could cut them off or penalize them in their app store in retaliation, citing them as bad customers.

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What they should do is require all DCMA notices to be submitted via a webform that has to pass a CAPTCHA. As far as I know, there is nothing that requires Google to accept automated DCMA notices from the MPAA.

Penalize them in search results too. Wonder what chunk of Google's ad revenue comes from movies. Might be small enough to loose for a short time. Do it before a blockbuster release. Unlikely to happen.

Wouldn't your suggestion as well as parent suggestion border on monopolistic abuse?

Wouldn't this be akin to MS telling Dell it's going to yank windows licensing in retaliation for selling red hat.

As the parent, yeah pretty much. :-) It's not necessarily a proper response, but one in line with the thread's OP.

I'd also argue that it's not technically monopolistic, but would certainly have negative consequences to the ??AA "partners" as well as chilling effects on others. But if Google wanted to take a nuclear approach, that'd certainly be one tack.

Oh there's a ton of legal risk all around. I'd suggest they have their lawyers and many available brains to consider how best use their position as leverage. Personally, I'd be looking into ways to use the leaked documents against Hood and preferably in a way that sets a precedent that's pro-Google. Not just griping but a full on attack on his career or image. It's what he was about to do to them after all.

> Wonder what chunk of Google's ad revenue comes from movies.

The more interesting question is what chunk of movie revenue comes from Google.

I think they're both very interesting in this context. ;)

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