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Google chief dismisses criticism

07.03.07

Eric Schmidt, chief executive of Google, has shrugged off criticism being heaped on the internet company by rivals and some media companies over its approach to copyrighted content, dismissing it in barbed comments as a form of negotiation, reports the FT.

"The kinds of comments you're referring to [criticising Google] are in the context of a business negotiation," Schmidt told investors at a Bear Stearnsconference. "I have learned that, as part of being a player in the media industry, the way one negotiates is everything is leaked and you're sued to death. So the lawsuits . . . appear to be in the course of doing normal business," he said, adding this might reflect the preponderance of lawyers in the media industry. "It is not normal in the technology industry, I can assure you," he added.

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