The cat is out of the bag. Google has been named as the author of the “name withheld” document that I quoted yesterday. According to The Register David Bromage from Canberra rather ingeniously inserted the PDF document into a text editor which then revealed all of the metadata source code of the document with “ACCC Submission by Google” written for all to see.

Google operate a similar system to PayPal called Google Checkout in both the US and UK. eBay do not let their US and UK sellers offer it as a payment option. Google would dearly love to be able to enter the eBay market.

Currently Google do not offer their online payment system in Australia and apparently do not have plans to do so in the near future. Even so it is in their interest to see this submission by eBay defeated because regardless of what eBay says about its future plans, a win here will make it easier for them to expand their PayPal only policy into other countries. This is definitely not in Google’s interest.

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