Have Google and Oracle Paid Off Bloggers for their Opinions? A Judge Wants to Know

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A judge has ruled that Oracle and Google must reveal the names of bloggers and reporters that they’ve paid.   The demand was made in the US in response to an intellectual property case being fought out in court.  The judge says that he is “concerned” about financial influence of information that is ultimately printed out on the Internet.

The companies have until August 17 to reveal the list.

Oracle filed a copyright challenge against Google, alleging that the company owes it a billion dollars for the use of its Android Operating System.  The jury, however, ruled that the patents had not been breached.

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