Meet the newest odd couple: Hollywood & Google
What's behind the rapprochement between the two sides, which until recently seemed quite content to continue to escalate their bickering.
Charles Cooper Former Executive Editor / News
Charles Cooper was an executive editor at CNET News. He has covered technology and business for more than 25 years, working at CBSNews.com, the Associated Press, Computer & Software News, Computer Shopper, PC Week, and ZDNet.
It may be the start of an entirely new page in the often rocky relationship between Google and Hollywood. After a couple of years of verbal sniping and legal threats, the two sides are moving to resolve their long-running disputes. CNET News' Greg Sandoval stops by to explain what's behind the sudden rapprochement as well as Google's new interest in hosting professionally made, long-form video on its YouTube subsidiary.
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