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Completely agree. Look at this older copyright lawsuit from 2010 about copyright and video games (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MDY_Industries,_LLC_v._Blizzard_
by mox1 6y ago
Completely agree. Look at this older copyright lawsuit from 2010 about copyright and video games (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MDY_Industries,_LLC_v._Blizzard_Entertainment,_Inc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MDY_Industries,_LLC_v._Blizzar....)
The court ruled that players of the game weren't owners, merely license holders. By copying the game to ram, you were bound to the Terms of Use.
Replace game with website there and there is a pretty strong case for downloading, parsing (copying) and storing portions (or all of) said site, then displaying portions at a later date alongside advertisements constitutes a ToS violation, and willful infringement on Googles part.
In a parallel world where yahoo, lycos, etc rules until 2010 and google is getting started, I think they get into a lot of legal trouble.