Tuesday, December 06, 2005
GOOGLE: MAKING MONEY THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY
STEALING IT, THAT IS...
VIA Breitbart from AP: "Group: Online Content Cannot Remain Free"
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/12/06/D8EATJEG5.html
The European Publishers Council adds their two Franc's worth to the ongoing dispute between Google and the Agence France-Presse, which is suing on behalf of civilization as we know it to protect the writer's inalienable right to a piece of the action...
The lawsuit alleges that Google News service, which scans about 4500 news sites and creates a categorized links page of top stories, violates copywrite protections.
I lack the competence to evaluate the legal issue but I can appreciate the Karma... There is, after all, no such thing as a free lunch. Even if you are Google...
VIA Breitbart from AP: "Group: Online Content Cannot Remain Free"
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/12/06/D8EATJEG5.html
The European Publishers Council adds their two Franc's worth to the ongoing dispute between Google and the Agence France-Presse, which is suing on behalf of civilization as we know it to protect the writer's inalienable right to a piece of the action...
The lawsuit alleges that Google News service, which scans about 4500 news sites and creates a categorized links page of top stories, violates copywrite protections.
I lack the competence to evaluate the legal issue but I can appreciate the Karma... There is, after all, no such thing as a free lunch. Even if you are Google...
