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Google’s plan to dodge day in court over ‘killing’ Aussie start-up
It is six years since an arbitrary ruling by Google killed a $200m Melbourne start-up. Now, its founder’s costly crusade for justice hangs on a US judge’s ruling.
After aborted work with Australia’s competition watchdog to mount a case, Berriman turned to the US legal system in 2021, where big tech’s abuse of market power has become a widely discussed issue. It is a well-known tactic among big companies to discourage smaller players from standing up to them by dragging out proceedings so that it becomes prohibitively expensive, and the Californian court is a forum for Google to do that. The case has implications far beyond one failed Australian start-up, and highlights the precarious positions entrepreneurs face when their means of distribution and monetisation can be ended by a dominant platform, which has little incentive to justify its decisions.
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