Avi Lerner Rips the President for Not Fighting Piracy: ‘Obama is Scared of Google’

Avi Lerner wants the US government to be more proactive in its fight against piracy, but does not have much faith in President Barack Obama to act on it.

“We've got a major problem with [President] Obama, who is scared of Google,” Lerner said.

Hollywood continues to fret over the theft of their intellectual property, especially in countries like Spain, Italy, China and Russia. Yet recent legal efforts have failed, and politicians have shifted their focus to persuading the American public that piracy is bad. Many applaud those efforts, including Lerner.

“Most of the people in the world, especially young children, don't think they have to pay to see a movie,” Lerner said. “They don't understand that by doing this, we are losing millions and billions of dollars.”