Hollywood mogul blasts Obama, Google over piracy


  • TECH
  • Monday, 18 Apr 2016

Producer Avi Lerner (L) and actor Gerard Butler (R) attend A Gala To Honor Avi Lerner And Millennium Films in Beverly Hills, California, on April 16, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / ANGELA WEISS

LOS ANGELES: Movie mogul Avi Lerner branded US President Barack Obama “a coward” on April 16, berating him for not taking on Google over piracy. 

The 68-year-old American-Israeli producer told AFP that the White House’s failure to force the search engine giant to improve its anti-piracy measures was costing Hollywood millions of dollars a year. 

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