Not exact matches
Google, the world's largest online ad
provider, announced an update to its financial services policy earlier in March that will
restrict advertising for «cryptocurrencies and related
content» starting in June.
As today's Financial Times recognises, the business models of many
content providers are directly contributing to piracy by
restricting the ways consumers can access legal
content.
Furthermore, Google is already burdened with many other risks, for instance: (1) increased competition from general purpose search engines and information services (page 7); (2) dependency on remaining competitive and providing value to advertisers (page 7); (3) being subject to increased regulatory scrutiny which may negatively impact business (page 8); (4) being «regularly subject to claims, suits, government investigations, and other proceedings that may result in adverse outcomes» (page 8); (5) «Privacy concerns relating to our technology could damage our reputation and deter current and potential users from using our products and services» (page 12); (6) «Web spam and
content farms could decrease our search quality, which could damage our reputation and deter our current and potential users from using our products and services» (page 13); (7) «Internet access
providers may be able to
restrict, block, degrade, or charge for access to certain of our products and services, which could lead to additional expenses and the loss of users and advertisers» (page 16); (8) «New technologies could block online ads, which would harm our business» (page 16).
I don't care about this special case but in general can the
provider legally
restrict how the
content is consumed by the end user.
Meanwhile, Internet users could be
restricted from using certain applications, and would likely have to pay more to access
content of
providers that weren't part of the telecommunications company's exclusivity deals».
The flipside is that
restricting video resolution streams might run afoul of the FCC's net neutrality rules that says users should have access to legal online
content without interference from
providers.