> Is there any example of this happening in the real world? I've never heard of one. 1) How would you know if your idea or code were ripped off, unless it was

> Is there any example of this happening in the real world? I've never heard of one. 1) How would you know if your idea or code were ripped off, unless it was an exact bug-for-bug copy? 2) These things have only existed for 5 minutes. 3) Google knows exactly how these models and their interfaces work, and has probably speculatively designed many ways to mine inputs for interesting items. > Even if you were to give me access to some google source code free and clear I'm not sure what I could do with it. They're not afraid of you. I wouldn't know what to do with five pounds of gold or a bag full of stolen jewels. Doesn't mean they're not valuable to someone.