A court has ordered Google & Huawei to testify as 'profit-making participants' in an alleged piracy scheme involving IPTV app, NewPlay.
A court in Murcia, Spain, has ordered Google to testify in a criminal case concerning IPTV app, NewPlay. Football league LaLiga, whose matches were allegedly offered illegally through the app, previously called for the directors of Google, Apple, and Huawei to face criminal charges. LaLiga criticized the companies for failing to disable copies of NewPlay already installed on users’ devices. Google and Huawei must now testify as ‘profit-making participants’ in an alleged piracy scheme.
It’s not Google’s search buisness that LaLiga is going after it’s the cell phone side. LaLiga claims Google and Huawei benefited by refusing to disable the newplay app on their phones.
Yeah, no, that’s not even a capability that Google has. Android is not built in a way that would allow them to do this, nor is there any rational reason they should alter it to do so.
Agree 100%. My guess is that removing software from a device you don’t own without the owner’s permission is illegal in Europe. I believe Microsoft got in trouble for removing 3rd party antivirus.
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It’s not Google’s search buisness that LaLiga is going after it’s the cell phone side. LaLiga claims Google and Huawei benefited by refusing to disable the newplay app on their phones.
Agree 100%. My guess is that removing software from a device you don’t own without the owner’s permission is illegal in Europe. I believe Microsoft got in trouble for removing 3rd party antivirus.