Google: Anti-Piracy Bill Could Threaten Entrepreneurship

Google representative Katherin Oyama told the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday that the Stop Online Piracy Act could threaten innovation and entrepreneurship by creating a “cloud of legal uncertainty.” (0:15)

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MPAA Rep Takes Aim At Silicon Valley, Supports Anti-Piracy Bill

Michael O’Leary, a representative for the Motion Picture Association of American, told the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday that the Stop Online Piracy Act would protect the jobs of people across the country. (0:22)

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Google: Stop Online Piracy By Cutting Incentives

Opposing the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) for fear that it could shut down websites for the actions of one user, Google representative Katherine Oyama told the House Judiciary Committee that the way to stop online piracy is by eliminating the incentive to do so, not regulating third party websites. (0:24)

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Google Is Different Than Microsoft, Says Chairman

Eric Schmidt, executive Chairman of Google Inc., says that the open internet is the ultimate level playing field and Google is not bound to end up like Microsoft. (0:30)

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Google Is Encouraging Economic Growth, Says Chairman

Eric Schmidt, executive Chairman of Google Inc., explains that Google is helping the economy by consistently hiring more employees, investing in mobile technology and investing in local goods and services by helping small businesses get online (1:14)

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GOP Senator Raises Suspicion Over Google Search Results

Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) asks why Google shows up so high in it’s search results, implying an unfair advantage for Google sponsored results. (0:42)

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Schumer Asks For Broadband Expansion In New York

Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) asked Google CEO Eric Schmidt if would consider bringing the companies broadband project to his district in the Hudson Valley. (0:25)

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Google Values Principle Over Profit, Claims CEO

Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google, told a Senate anti-trust panel Wednesdy that Google is not primarily motivated by maximizing profit. Instead, Schmidt claim, Google runs on principle. (0:31)

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Bad news will follow the Yahoo!-Google deal says Microsoft rep

At a House Judiciary Committee Task Force on Competition Policy and Antitrust Laws meeting on internet competition, Brad Smith, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary for Microsoft Corporation lists four ways in which the potential Yahoo!-Google deal would be detrimental to the market. He says that the agreement will concentrate the power over search advertising, decrease choices for advertisers, increase prices, and threaten online privacy. (1:46)
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Yahoo!-Google deal good for the economy says Google rep

David C. Drummond, Senior Vice President for Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer for Google, says that the Yahoo!-Google deal on search advertising will increase competition by strengthening Yahoo. The competition would then spark innovation that is good for consumers, the Internet, and the economy.(0:28)
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Microsoft says Yahoo! a Google satellite

General Counsel at Microsoft Brad Smith says Yahoo!’s CEO told Microsoft that an agreement with Google would join Yahoo! and Google into a single entity and that Microsoft would no longer be strong enough to remain a player in the market afterward. (0:50)
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Google critiques Microsoft’s claims

David Drummond, chief legal officer at Google, says the most energetic critic of an agreement between Google and Yahoo! is Microsoft, a major competitor. Drummond tells the subcommittee that Microsoft’s CEO said he was going to “kill Google” and that Microsoft’s share of the desktop market is capable of harming the next phase of the Internet. He encourages the subcommittee to disregard Microsoft’s claims. (1:02)
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Yahoo! says its going nowhere

Michael Callahan, general counsel for Yahoo!, says Yahoo! is neither exiting search based advertising nor ceding advertisement space to Google, adding that Yahoo! will continue to grow its share of the online search market through its agreement with Google. (0:29)
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An Interview with Dr. Lawrence Brilliant of Google.org

Talk Radio News Bureau Chief Ellen Ratner interviews Dr. Lawrence Brilliant, an epidemiologist who works with Google.org, the philanthropic arm of Google.com. Dr. Brilliant discussed the five strategic initiatives at Google.org, which is funded by 1 percent of Google equity, profits, and employee time.
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