Google Library Case Loss May Spur Demands for Antitrust Probe

Bloomberg Businessweek reports:

A judge’s rejection of Google Inc.’s bid to create the world’s biggest digital library will reinforce demands by company detractors for a federal antitrust investigation into its business practices, legal analysts said.

Google’s opponents will cite the ruling to support claims the company is seeking to control the Internet search market, Herbert Hovenkamp, a professor at the University of Iowa College of Law in Iowa City, said in an interview. The decision “will strengthen the hand of those who want to do an antitrust investigation.”

Whenever a company is too successful the less successful companies threaten legal action. If Google's competitors want to be more successful: build a better search engine.