Google Settles European Antitrust Case/Google Shuffles Leadership at YouTube

Google Shuffles Leadership at YouTube

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Google Settles European Antitrust Case

（中央社台北5日電）擁有全球最大搜尋引擎的谷歌公司（Google Inc.）和歐洲聯盟（EU）達成協議，在加碼提出顯示敵對搜尋服務結果的條件後，終結歐盟3年來的反托辣斯調查。

谷歌將躲過罰款，或主管機關揪出谷歌可能歧視敵對搜尋網站的任何調查結果。1年前，美國聯邦貿易委員會（FTC）也放棄類似調查，聲稱谷歌的動機以創新居多，而非試圖扼殺競爭。

歐盟在電郵聲明中表示，谷歌對歐洲聯盟執行委員會（EC）作出的5年期承諾，讓谷歌只要在本身如Google Shopping等專業搜尋結果旁開放3個通往敵對服務的連結，就可增添新服務或更改其搜尋頁面。競爭對手將付至少3歐分（4美分），爭奪谷歌部分搜尋頁 面上陰影框內的1個欄位。

歐盟競爭事務執委阿爾慕尼亞（Joaquin Almunia）在聲明中表示：「我認為，經過漫長且困難的協商，這份從谷歌手中獲得的新提案現在可以解決委員會的疑慮。這以可比較的方式呈現，確實提供使用者在對打服務間作選擇；接著由他們來選擇最佳替代方案。」

這份協議讓歐盟最受矚目的反托辣斯案之一落幕，與此同時，阿爾慕尼亞試圖在10月底離職前，和三星電子公司（Samsung Electronics Co.）、俄羅斯天然氣公司（OAO Gazprom）與Visa歐洲公司（Visa Europe Ltd.）達成類似和解。違反這類協議的條款，罰款最高可達全球營收的10%。微軟公司（Microsoft Corp.）去年就因違反和歐盟的和解協議而被罰5.61億歐元。

歐盟因微軟與其他網路業者投訴才發動調查，檢視的指控為谷歌推廣自家的專業搜尋服務（如Google News和Google Finance）、抄襲同業的旅遊和餐廳評鑑，而且和網站與軟體開發商締結扼殺廣告業競爭的協議。http://www.cna.com.tw/news/ait/201402050428-1.aspx