Comments on: Google sued by France’s AFP http://www.p2pnet.net/story/4272 p2pnet.net - reader powered Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:11:09 -0300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/4272/comment-page-1#comment-11380 Reader's Write Mon, 21 Mar 2005 10:50:55 +0000 #comment-11380 I don't know how many times I've clicked on a link in Google News only to be brought to a 'must subscribe' page of the New York Times or the Washington Post (for instance)....I'm sure, if the AFP wanted to do the same, then they could. I don’t know how many times I’ve clicked on a link in Google News only to be brought to a ‘must subscribe’ page of the New York Times or the Washington Post (for instance)….I’m sure, if the AFP wanted to do the same, then they could.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/4272/comment-page-1#comment-11348 Reader's Write Sat, 19 Mar 2005 23:26:22 +0000 #comment-11348 All they have to do to prevent this is to add google to the robots.txt of their site, this is just for profit. All they have to do to prevent this is to add google to the robots.txt of their site, this is just for profit.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/4272/comment-page-1#comment-11346 Reader's Write Sat, 19 Mar 2005 22:06:31 +0000 #comment-11346 Now it’s demanding damages of around $17.5 million and an order barring Google News from displaying AFP copyrighted material, reports the Search Engine Journal, which goes on: as you can see, this is purely profit motivated. I mean come on, 17.5 Million. They know that google can pay that is why they are after the site. Now it’s demanding damages of around $17.5 million and an order barring Google News from displaying AFP copyrighted material, reports the Search Engine Journal, which goes on:

as you can see, this is purely profit motivated. I mean come on, 17.5 Million. They know that google can pay that is why they are after the site.

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