Apple, Google cloud can help curb online piracy

Services developed by Apple Inc and Google for people to store photos, music and data online may do more to combat online piracy than regulation can, said Victoria Espinel, the coordinator of U.S. intellectual property enforcement.

She said corporate innovation was often more effective than law enforcement or other rules, which are sometimes applied inappropriately. "The U.S. government doesn't need to pick winners and losers and the last thing we should think about doing is messing up the Internet with inappropriate regulation," she told the World Copyright Summit in Brussels. "In order for the Internet to be as productive and compelling as possible, we need to have active engagement from companies that interact with and benefit from Internet commerce," she said.