Posted on 08/31/2010 3:33:36 AM PDT by CutePuppy
Google and The Associated Press have agreed to a new deal after years of wrangling over alleged misuse of AP's content.
As part of the pact, Google has said it will help AP better understand how its content is being used across the Web and what stories are gaining widest distribution.
The deal could help AP modify its story selection based on what's popular.
"AP and Google will work together in a number of new areas, such as ways to improve discovery and distribution of news," the news organization said .....
News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch has argued in recent months that Google News and other aggregators are "parasites" that are essentially stealing content.
Google has argued news excerpts qualify as "fair use" under copyright law.
(Excerpt) Read more at m.nypost.com ...
A coordinated propoganda machine, and a tool of the Socialists. Why not re-name Google AND the AP, "Pravda II"????
I have been phasing out ALL use of Google.
For search, I use Startpage. They do not record your IP, as Google does.
We will tell you everything you need to know. No need to look elsewhere.
Reminds me of the Scientology Net back about 10 years ago. Maybe it’s still there, I don’t know. Scientologists would get restricted browsers that would only open Scientology-approved sites.
I’m sure Google and AP have this in mind.
Yes, “forge” seems to be an “unfortunate choice of word”.
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