洩露的電子郵件揭露了谷歌、索尼和國土安全部之間的祕密反盜版會議

好萊塢電影公司此前曾因盜版問題與谷歌展開過鬥爭，但一則新的洩密訊息顯示，這些公司可能會藉助國土安全部的一些意想不到的幫助來彌補分歧。2012年3月19日，一封洩露給索尼影業執行長邁克爾•林頓（Michael Lynton）的電子郵件，讓人們重新審視了谷歌如何融入好萊塢及其他地區的反盜版工作。這封郵件描述了國土安全部的約翰莫頓組建的一個小型祕密組織，顯然是為瞭解決網路盜版和其他犯罪問題。這封郵件...

“谷歌顯然願意做更多的事情，而不是公開的立場。”

在網路方面，該組織包括一名高階ICANN成員和Vint Cerf，後者是谷歌的首席網際網路傳道者，也是建立網際網路的關鍵人物。在公司方面，該組織包括一系列令人驚訝的公司，這些公司面對並反擊了各種盜版和版權問題。禮來公司的總裁兼執行長也參與其中，這是禮來公司成功打擊網上銷售假藥的結果。語言服務機構羅塞塔斯通也包括在內，以及來自國家失蹤和受剝削兒童中心的代表。目前還沒有明確的跡象表明會議的主題，但考慮到谷歌與內容產業之間長期且經常緊張的關係，盜版問題似乎很可能很快就會被提到議事日程的首位。

郵件全文如下：

Subject line: Today's call with John Morton, Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security

John is calling you today to invite you to join a **all group being formed to meet with him and Google ( and a few others) to explore working together to find a "compromise " to the Google issues; his theory is that a **all group will be more c***tructive and productive.

Google apparently is willing to do more than its public (and not so public) positi***; Google suggested you as the most balanced and reasonable person on the studio side and specifically requested your participation. No other studio would be involved.

You are his first phone call invitation to this **all group. He plans on also inviting the Chairman , President and CEO of Eli Lilly , John C. Lechleiter, who is very involved in fighting counterfeit pharmaceuticals; additionally , he wants to invite Ernie Allen who is the President and CEO of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. I have attached the resumes of each of these 2 gentlemen. Lastly, he is thinking of including someone from Rosetta Stone; I still have not confirmed who that would be. From what I understand, John does not want the group any larger.

On the Google side, I have been told that Vinton C. Cerf , Vice President and "Chief Internet Evangelist", as well as Dr. Stephen C. Crocker, Board Chair of ICANN, would attend. They are childhood friends and together have been resp***ible for laying the Internet’s foundation. I have also attached their resumes.

The meetings would be in Washington most likely since the others are in Indianapolis , Washington and Virginia respectively. Lastly, he has asked that we keep this very confidential.