FED:Murdoch accuses Google of aiding piracy

AAP General News (Australia)
01-15-2012
FED:Murdoch accuses Google of aiding piracy

SYDNEY, Jan 15 AAP - News Corp chairman and chief executive Rupert Murdoch has accused
internet giant Google of aiding film piracy.

The Australian-born media mogul used his recently activated Twitter account to blast
the search engine, branding it a "piracy leader".

"Piracy leader is Google who streams movies free, sells advts around them," Murdoch wrote.

A short time later he added to the rant, saying film making was "risky as hell", with
piracy hurting actors and writers.

Murdoch then added: "Google great company doing many …