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Oracle Java copyright war latest: Why Google's luck is about to run out

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Remember this is Google

They were the original "disruptive" force on the net, remember? The rules don't actually apply to "disruptive" technology, remember? I'm sure that was a bit of their thinking anyway. After all, their news page scrapes headlines and the first line or two from hundred of news web sites worldwide without paying for the content. Fair use they claim and besides they're providing traffic to the sites. YouTube was built on copyrighted content and it is still found there everyday. Google might be paying for some it but still they're providing lots of exposure to the creators, so whatevs on the rest. They read all of my email to better serve me...ads I guess, all over the Internet. They own the Internet. Something like 9 out of 10 people find the web site they want by "Googling" it, remember?

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