One arm of Google paying another arm of Google money should end up being a zero sum game when it comes to profits. For a global corporation, it may (and likely

One arm of Google paying another arm of Google money should end up being a zero sum game when it comes to profits. For a global corporation, it may (and likely does, potentially advantaged even) have tax implications -- but from a general profit/loss perspective it's still basically zero sum (though may actually cost them money in lost revenues/inventory in practice, which presumably gets booked as a liability if it's without compensation).