TheMadScientist - 1:21 am on Jan 11, 2010 (gmt 0)

Since Europe already has the necessary laws and caselaws (aka precedents) to reign in Gorg's powergrab, a good atty would only need to effectively argue a change of jurisdiction.

You mean make an argument like 'The American Public is so enthralled with Google's search results and 'Do no evil' philosophy there is no way a fair decision could be reached, because every day people don't realize there is also a 'Do as we say not as we do' practice at Google which implicitly indicates the 'Do no evil' philosophy is aimed at others?'

If they are really doing no evil, why do they keep having rulings against them reigning them in?

There I go speaking my mind 'tongue-in-cheek-style' again, but IMO they aren't being held to the same level of accountability as others (or as others hold themselves to) here in the states... Personally, I think they've already been let run a bit too far with some of the things they are doing / have done, but that's simply my opinion.

I know it's asking quite a bit, but maybe someday they'll check themselves, although I seriously doubt it, because since they are now a corporation, they have to keep finding new ways to make money, and unfortunately, they already dominate the market to such an extent they really don't have too many directions to go, except to the toe-the-line of what's alright and what's not, or down...

I mean think about it, according to most reports you've already got something like 71% of all searches conducted and have to continue to grow your bottom line, what do you? I can see why they push the limits, but at the same time it aggravates me a bit when they don't hold themselves accountable...

EDITED: It doesn't aggravate me as much they aren't held accountable as it does they don't hold themselves accountable to write better algorithms that do not do damage to others in accordance with what I believe is their stated philosophy...