Surprisingly I find myself thinking "Yes, the recommendation algorithm is Google's speech." Particularly if they claim it's secret and proprietary. If Google cl

Surprisingly I find myself thinking "Yes, the recommendation algorithm is Google's speech." Particularly if they claim it's secret and proprietary. If Google claims ownership of it, they own it, not any user, i.e. it's not user-generated content. That's my feeling on it, which obviously doesn't necessarily correspond to the law or to how this case eventually turns out.