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That had a very specific meaning in context. He was asking if Google used Yelp's content to build its Places content, in which case Google would be using its c
by Helianthus 15y ago
That had a very specific meaning in context. He was asking if Google used Yelp's content to build its Places content, in which case Google would be using its capacity as a Search company in order to grant its Places division a competitive (anti-competitive?) advantage against Yelp. If simultaneously it can be shown that Search was favoring bringing attention to Places over Yelp, there might be an anti-trust case.
There's a lot of posts on here about how uninformed the politicians seem to be. We seem to forget that _we're_ the ones who are uninformed of the vast technicality that is anti-trust law and the oceans of oratorical precision required in order to establish a legal case.
- yanw 15y agoHe asked both question, that was a separate one in general meaning. As for Google showing snippets of Yelp or anyone else that is still lawful, the whole search business is built of snippets and fair use.
- Helianthus 15y agoagain, you're using 'snippets' out of context and taking the letter of the politician's word at the expense of his intent.