CNN AIRS DEBATE BETWEEN GOOGLE & FAIRSEARCH.ORG

摘要

On Dec. 29, CNN aired a debate between a Google spokesperson and an attorney representing FairSearch. org, the coalition forged by Expedia, Kayak and Orbitx to halt Google's $700 million bid for ITA Software. Long story short: Gooale bid to buv ITA on July 1 to acquire the software mak- er's wealth of data on airfare pricing and schedules. Several online travel companies that use this soft- ware fear Google will tightly manage the ITA data, jacking up fees versus rivals that are also looking to surface flight info for users. These companies created FairSearch. org last fall to urge the Department of Justice (DOJ), which is investigating the bid, to block the deal.