Except if it was not for the fact that those economic burdens did not happen overnight and the fact that they acted totally in bad faith by following Translate v1 with v2. It is not like v1 was not around for a few years and as if these economic burdens were sudden. All of that adds up to an extreme case of ACTING IN BAD FAITH and which would most likely succeed in a class action lawsuit that was waged by those who got ruined by this bad faith. Obviously, to Google, copyrights and TOS are something with which it wipes its but (when others' interests are considered) and its face.
On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 8:56 PM, Jeremy Geerdes <jrgeer...@gmail.com> wrote: > "Google reserves the right in its discretion to cease providing all or > any part of a Deprecated Version of the Service immediately without > any notice if... (c) providing the Deprecated Version of the Service could > create a > substantial economic burden on Google as determined by Google in its > reasonable good faith judgment." > > Google has claimed that maintaining the Translate API is a economic burden > because of the abuse of the API. The way this clause is written, they most > certainly can discontinue the service today, without any notice. > > Jeremy R. Geerdes > Generally Cool Guy > Des Moines, IA > > For more information or a project quote: > jrgeer...@gmail.com > > If you're in the Des Moines, IA, area, check out Debra Heights Wesleyan > Church! > > On May 28, 2011, at 7:33 PM, peterburk wrote: > >> Google isn't actually allowed to deprecate them in December. They must >> continue unmaintained operation for at least 3 years for non- >> experimental projects, including Translate API. >> >> In Google's Console API Terms of Use: >> >> 1.3 Deprecation. If Google in its discretion chooses to cease >> providing the current version of the Service whether through >> discontinuation of the Service or by upgrading the Service to a newer >> version, the current version of the Service will be deprecated and >> become a Deprecated Version of the Service. Google will issue an >> announcement if the current version of the Service will be deprecated. >> For a period of 3 years after an announcement (the "Deprecation >> Period"), Google will use commercially reasonable efforts to continue >> to operate the Deprecated Version of the Service and to respond to >> problems with the Deprecated Version of the Service deemed by Google >> in its discretion to be critical. During the Deprecation Period, no >> new features will be added to the Deprecated Version of the Service. >> Google reserves the right in its discretion to cease providing all or >> any part of a Deprecated Version of the Service immediately without >> any notice if: >> a. Google reasonably believes you have breached any provision of the >> Terms; or >> b. Google is required to do so by law (for example, due to a change to >> the law governing the provision of the Deprecated Version of the >> Service); or >> c. the Deprecated Version of the Service relies on data or service >> provided by a third party partner and the relationship with such >> partner (i) has expired or been terminated or (ii) requires Google to >> change the way Google provides the data or services through the >> Deprecated Version of the Service; or >> d. providing the Deprecated Version of the Service could create a >> substantial economic burden on Google as determined by Google in its >> reasonable good faith judgment; or >> e. providing the Deprecated Version of the Service could create a >> security risk or material technical burden upon Google as determined >> by Google in its reasonable good faith judgment. >> Google is constantly innovating in order to provide the best possible >> experience for its users. At any time prior to discontinuing the >> current version of the Service or upgrading to a new version of the >> Service, Google may, in its reasonable discretion as part of this >> continuing innovation, label certain features or functionality of the >> Service as "experimental". This Section 1.3 of this Terms of Use will >> not apply to any features or functionality labeled as "experimental". >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Google AJAX APIs" group. >> To post to this group, send email to google-ajax-search-api@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> google-ajax-search-api+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/google-ajax-search-api?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google AJAX APIs" group. > To post to this group, send email to google-ajax-search-api@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > google-ajax-search-api+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-ajax-search-api?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google AJAX APIs" group. To post to this group, send email to google-ajax-search-api@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-ajax-search-api+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-ajax-search-api?hl=en.
