Billion dollar lawsuit against Google

According to the plaintiffs, they represent millions of Internet users and copyright owners. They are demanding at least five billion dollars (4.6 billion euros) in damages. “Google doesn’t own the internet, it doesn’t own our creative works,” said Ryan Clarkson, attorney for the prosecution.

Google’s chief legal officer Halimah DeLaine Prado pointed out that the group has been evaluating information from publicly accessible sources for years. American law allows it. Google could get over a possible penalty: The parent company Alphabet made a profit of around 60 billion US dollars last year.