YouTube: What MySpace can teach Google about copyright

Will Google CEO Schmidt's "wait for the tools" banter on media giant Viacom's $1 billion copyright infringement legal claim at the Wall Street Journal's All Things Digital conference this week be his famous last words? SEE: Google CEO tows Google line at D5 Think Schmidts' recent "Big Brother" musings reflect a Google disregard for the privacy of others? Schmidt's condescending retort to Viacom illustrates a Google rules belief, no matter who or what tries to spoil the Google free content party. Why is fearless Google and its fearless leader so smug? Why not! After all, if the leading search engine need merely announce a quarter baked "open" software effort designed purely to foster its worldwide dominance--Google Gears--to receive near unanimous acclaim, as well as cheers for the end ...