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That’s pretty much unequivocally evil, right? Seriously though, if this guy has a real case, Google is going to have a truly miserable time in court.

• ocdtrekkie 9y ago
  It depends. The article suggests the plaintiff may not have properly protected his intellectual property ahead of time. It may be very hard to get a court to side against Google if what Google did was technically legal. Evil and illegal are two different things, and sadly, they quite often do not align.
  • erdojo 9y ago
    If the facts bear out, even if what Google allegedly did was legal, it's going to be a terrible thing for Google. No one with any interesting tech will ever want to share info ever again.
  • alehul 9y ago
    IANAL, but: Is that the reason behind the racketeering charge? They've developed a method of systematic theft of IP, which, though technically legal as an isolated incident, shows malicious intent when strung together. Is that enough to satisfy the charge, or are they still protected?
  • Sylos 9y ago
    This isn't about the single case of the guy getting legally taken away his rights. The accusation is that Google has a routine set up for doing this, therefore is very much knowingly taking away people's rights against their will.