FairSearch, the Microsoft-backed group consisting of Google competitors that claim “Google is abusing its search monopoly”, today announced new members to the coalition seeking to end what they call Google’s anti-competitive practices.
The new members include: Allegro Group, Nokia, and Oracle, a company that has been in and out of court with Google in recent years:
The FairSearch coalition welcomes the Allegro Group (based in Poland), Nokia (based in Finland), and Oracle (based in California) as new members. Their addition is emblematic of the global scope of Google’s anti-competitive search and business practices, which harm consumers by curbing innovation and choice, not just in Web services, but also in mobile, and any platform where Google abuses its dominant position.
If you’re unfamiliar with FairSearch, the organization clarified its goal in today’s announcement noting, “Any effective and permanent end to Google’s anti-competitive practices must be applied globally, be legally binding, and come with strong mechanisms for ongoing monitoring and enforcement to prevent the search giant from restoring its abusive practices.”
The global footprint of FairSearch’s membership is consistent with investigations by U.S., European Commission, and other authorities of Google’s abuse of its dominant position… As long as competition is threatened anywhere, as in Eastern Europe, where the Allegro Group operates in more than 15 countries, consumers and innovators will continue to lose out everywhere.
EU counsel to the FairSearch coalition Thomas Vinje issued the following statement on the organization’s website:
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FAIRSEARCH STATEMENT ON ALLEGRO GROUP, NOKIA AND ORACLE JOINING COALITION
SEPTEMBER 19TH, 2012
The following is a statement of Thomas Vinje, EU counsel to the FairSearch coalition, on the coalition’s new members:
The FairSearch coalition welcomes the Allegro Group (based in Poland), Nokia (based in Finland), and Oracle (based in California) as new members. Their addition is emblematic of the global scope of Google’s anti-competitive search and business practices, which harm consumers by curbing innovation and choice, not just in Web services, but also in mobile, and any platform where Google abuses its dominant position.
The global footprint of FairSearch’s membership is consistent with investigations by U.S., European Commission, and other authorities of Google’s abuse of its dominant position. Any effective and permanent end to Google’s anti-competitive practices must be applied globally, be legally binding, and come with strong mechanisms for ongoing monitoring and enforcement to prevent the search giant from restoring its abusive practices. As long as competition is threatened anywhere, as in Eastern Europe, where the Allegro Group operates in more than 15 countries, consumers and innovators will continue to lose out everywhere.
Vinje’s clients include Allegro Group, Nokia, and Oracle.
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