Comments on: Newspapers put legal crosshairs on Google http://www.webpublishingblog.com/newspapers-put-legal-crosshairs-on-google.htm Internet publishing, a multidisciplinary approach. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:49:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Chris Beasley http://www.webpublishingblog.com/newspapers-put-legal-crosshairs-on-google.htm#comment-481 Chris Beasley Wed, 01 Feb 2006 16:20:27 +0000 http://www.webpublishingblog.com/newspapers-put-legal-crosshairs-on-google.htm#comment-481 Yes, let the market work. Allow newspapers to opt out of the service. They'll get far less traffic, and the newspapers that stay in will get far more traffic. Yes, let the market work. Allow newspapers to opt out of the service. They’ll get far less traffic, and the newspapers that stay in will get far more traffic.

]]> By: Sean http://www.webpublishingblog.com/newspapers-put-legal-crosshairs-on-google.htm#comment-479 Sean Wed, 01 Feb 2006 11:49:25 +0000 http://www.webpublishingblog.com/newspapers-put-legal-crosshairs-on-google.htm#comment-479 I disagree. If it's only "short excerpts" of the articles, the visitors would have to visit the site if they wanted to read the whole scoop anyways. I think these newspapers are just looking for something to complain about. Google should just ban their sites from the search engine and Google News for a month or two and see what happends. heh I disagree. If it’s only “short excerpts” of the articles, the visitors would have to visit the site if they wanted to read the whole scoop anyways. I think these newspapers are just looking for something to complain about.

Google should just ban their sites from the search engine and Google News for a month or two and see what happends. heh

]]> By: Steve http://www.webpublishingblog.com/newspapers-put-legal-crosshairs-on-google.htm#comment-478 Steve Wed, 01 Feb 2006 06:07:47 +0000 http://www.webpublishingblog.com/newspapers-put-legal-crosshairs-on-google.htm#comment-478 Hardly free traffic, it's traffic that would have found it's way to those news site otherwise. Especially with taking their images, I do believe Google is being a bit of a leach. S Hardly free traffic, it’s traffic that would have found it’s way to those news site otherwise.

Especially with taking their images, I do believe Google is being a bit of a leach.

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