The Dominion Post, 14/12/2009
A Microsoft-funded lobby group trying to cut Google down to size has visited Wellington to gauge the appetite for an Asia-Pacific branch that would advocate for improved online competition in the region.
David Wood, Brussels-based legal counsel for the Initiative for a Competitive Online Marketplace (Icomp), met Australian and New Zealand regulators – including the Commerce Commission – and publishers and advertisers.
Icomp advocates on behalf of 60 European organisations and businesses, including online businesses, which bump up against the likes of internet search giant Google, Mr Wood says.
Google's dominance means it is often involved in online competition issues, he says.
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