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So in short Google wants to use merchant's product images, which they've worked to produce or paid for as generic product images without compensation and if mer
by msy 13y ago
So in short Google wants to use merchant's product images, which they've worked to produce or paid for as generic product images without compensation and if merchants don't like it their account is banned.
- icebraining 13y agoGoogle wants to use them according to the agreement that the merchant signed.
- sentenza 13y agoAnd that's why I'll be cheering the EU regulators that will sue Google into the ground should their shoppy-thingy ever gain the marketshare of Amazon or Google search.
- icebraining 13y agoThey will sue them for preventing merchants from putting watermarks on their images? I find that hard to believe.
- sentenza 13y agoNo. They would be sued for forcing merchants to let Google and others use their copyrighted material using the threat of banning them from the store. But that is only relevant if they are one of the dominant players. The reasoning is that they would then be using their market dominance to force merchants to forego their (IP) rights, which is in conflict with EU anti-trust regulations.
- icebraining 13y agoBut why do say they force the merchants to give up their IP rights?
- raldi 13y ago> without compensation Clearly the merchant must be getting something out of the arrangement, or else they wouldn't be concerned about Google walking away from it.