BeeDeeDubbleU - 8:51 am on Feb 4, 2009 (gmt 0)

They would lose webmaster goodwill in a heartbeat.

I really doubt that this will be a major concern to them but this looks like much ado about nothing.

If it is true then Mack's suggestion looks like the most likely. They may decide that if there are any analytics to be supplied then they will be the only one's supplying them.