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The lawsuit was over the use of lead paragraphs in the Google News aggregator, not the general search engine. Google is intentionally misinterpreting the verdic
by Toady 15y ago
The lawsuit was over the use of lead paragraphs in the Google News aggregator, not the general search engine. Google is intentionally misinterpreting the verdict of the lawsuit in order to punish those who might challenge the company. Remember that Google also defied the court order to publish the result of the lawsuit on its Belgian sites, so it's obviously not afraid to thumb its nose at the courts.
"Nice online newspaper you've got there. Hate to see something happen to it."
- derleth 15y ago> Google is intentionally misinterpreting the verdict of the lawsuit in order to punish those who might challenge the company. Even if we stipulate this, how is that bad? Should Google be forced to deal with companies that screw with it? How far do you want to take that idea?
- Toady 15y agoYou're asking me how it's bad that Google is using a strong-arm tactic to punish content-owners who sued it? Surely, I don't need to answer that question, especially with Google's monopoly troubles in Europe. Google should let things be, respect the decision, and move on. I'd also like to mention again how incredibly lame it is that my comments are being voted down in this discussion. All I did was correct people who assumed the lawsuit was pertaining to ALL search engine links. I'm at a loss as to what I wrote that warrants negative votes.
- rhizome31 15y agoDidn't you notice every second link here is about Google? It's not permitted to say anything bad about Google here.
- derleth 15y ago> You're asking me how it's bad that Google is using a strong-arm tactic to punish content-owners who sued it? Yes, I am. If you sue someone, can you really expect them to be nice to you afterwords?