Off the top of my head on a Sunday, a few laws that might help remedy the SEO situation: * Make all posted internet content public domain (no limits on scrapin

Off the top of my head on a Sunday, a few laws that might help remedy the SEO situation: * Make all posted internet content public domain (no limits on scraping). * Make any scraped public data used for profit be available to the public via a license similar to the GPL (similarly to how medical research of public data should be shared with the public rather than hidden behind a paywall). * Legally separate search from industries such as advertising and shipping (apply some antitrust legislation for once). * Require some sort of tech support for redress of grievances (if a human can't be reached within say 10 business days, allow escalation to a government agency that can apply injunctions or other red tape to encourage monopolistic companies to play nicely). * Implement steep fines for market manipulation, similar to insider trading laws. If a search engine pulls the listing that another business's livelihood depends upon, and it can be proven that (for example) a competitor or business partner initiated the pull, then it should open the search engine up to collusion charges. Frivolous pulls not remedied after say 10 business days would be treated as malicious and open the search engine to an audit of its relationships with its clients in that space. Please if anyone has more ideas, let's hear them. I'd vote to look at the merits of any new laws rather than their likelihood of being implemented, which I realize is likely quite low!