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cutting news- Google w/o proper licence !!

/pd [PersonRank 10]

Tuesday, February 21, 2006
18 years ago

"Google today found itself mired in further controversy in China after local newspapers claimed its website was operating in the country without the correct licence.
Newspapers claimed that Google, which alongside other US internet companies has bowed to China's sweeping censorship demands, was being investigated by the ministry of information.

"[Google] has not obtained the ICP (internet content provider) licence needed to operate internet content services in China," the Beijing Times reported, while China Business Times went described Google.cn as "clearly unlawful"

Ok china.. make up your minds..!!

http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,,1714627,00.html?gusrc=rss

Philipp Lenssen [PersonRank 10]

18 years ago #

Chinese newspapers are often lying due to gov't propaganda, so I don't believe this until it's confirmed by a better source...

/pd [PersonRank 10]

18 years ago #

google updates the main pages with the IPC #
   < ©2006 Google – 京 ICP证050124号 >>

Philipp:- do you have screen shoot <google.cn> for verifucation purpose on the attribution of ICP ???

/pd [PersonRank 10]

18 years ago #

yeah I hear you on the progaganda stuff..but the .cn is under the registery of
http://ganjii.com/ ..not sure why google went thru this hassle

remember google launched the google.cn just hours /1 day before they went in front of congress...

Philipp Lenssen [PersonRank 10]

18 years ago #

That strange number + icon was there at Google.cn since the beginning...

/pd [PersonRank 10]

18 years ago #

ok thanks ..will check my old screen shoots too.

   fwiw- i dont remember seeing that nubmer there at all ..but just x-refering the other SE's

Niraj Sanghvi [PersonRank 10]

18 years ago #

Google has denied this...the Chinese newspaper claimed the license on Google's website belonged to another company, but Google says it obtained its license through that company, and this is allowed. Apparently ebay does something similar.

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/13921311.htm

/pd [PersonRank 10]

18 years ago #

good – more reports are trickling in .... thanks Niraj!! :)-

/pd [PersonRank 10]

18 years ago #

FYI ..for the interested (Activist) only!!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2006/02/17/DI2006021700866.html

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