tangor - 8:54 am on Nov 17, 2009 (gmt 0)

I guess all those arganic links mean nothing. (Joking!)

The web wouldn't break, but would be bruised.

Murdock has a valid point. One I support. Like most webmasters here I pick and choose which SEs get my stuff. These days I'm looking at returns... and guess what (and many of you are already seeing it), the Goog isn't doing as well as it used to (monetization). Makes no difference if you get a bunch of non performing clicks from the monster when the second/third ranks out perform.

But this is about copyright, and how much Google takes avowing "fair use" which clearly exceeds that, and is waiting for a large enough company/constortium to sue them so they can make a deal. JUST LIKE THEY DID WITH THE BOOKS. This has been coming for a long time, but webmasters in general are not the class Google needs to deal with to settle the "copyright" issue once and for all. Murdock and gang are that class. So watch it, and watch carefully. One way you're protected, the other way and you're screwed.