On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 10:33 AM, Simon Poole <si...@poole.ch> wrote: > > But the idea that facts indexed by Google could be tainted is a > > stretch. It's not something they've tried to claim, it would be a > > tenuous legal argument, and it doesn't make much sense. I think this > > is a case where practical judgment must outweigh theoretical concerns. > They have at least historically made noises about 3rd parties (aka MS) > using their search results.
In this case, though, Microsoft was actually directly copying Google's search results, and directly admitted to it. http://searchengineland.com/google-bing-is-cheating-copying-our-search-results-62914 That situation is actually closer to being analogous to taking a copy of Walden and crossing out Henry David Thoreau's name and writing in your own.
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