When I'm searching the Internet, I'm not looking for an "organic result". I'm looking for information. If Google has the info, why would I want that hidden behind a link?
As long as Google attributes the data -- which it usually does -- I'm totally on board with this, but I hope that Google shares the ad revenue when they snip data out of a page (I do not know whether they do or not).
Data is not generally subject to copyright. You can't own facts. There's no rational reason Google should be paying them. This is analogous to me reading a website, then putting a summary of what I learned on my website. That's fair use. Volume or frequency of usage is not a consideration.
I did not specify what was legal to get a way with. I specified what I think Google should be doing of its own accord. There are plenty of ethical reasons for Google to be paying them.
Hardly. Rewarding researchers and inventors for taking the time to do it drives research and invention. China amply demonstrates what happens if the work someone does to get the first version built is immediately taken over by everyone else... the vultures just stand around the carcass and get fat because they don't have any R&D costs. If you cannot recoup R&D, you cannot afford to do R&D. That is true of big things like inventions, but it is also true of smaller ventures, like taking time to re
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When I'm searching the Internet, I'm not looking for an "organic result". I'm looking for information. If Google has the info, why would I want that hidden behind a link?
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but I hope that Google shares the ad revenue when they snip data out of a page (I do not know whether they do or not).
they do not
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Data is not generally subject to copyright. You can't own facts. There's no rational reason Google should be paying them. This is analogous to me reading a website, then putting a summary of what I learned on my website. That's fair use. Volume or frequency of usage is not a consideration.
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I did not specify what was legal to get a way with. I specified what I think Google should be doing of its own accord. There are plenty of ethical reasons for Google to be paying them.
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Monetizing knowledge is the path to ignorance.
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Hardly. Rewarding researchers and inventors for taking the time to do it drives research and invention. China amply demonstrates what happens if the work someone does to get the first version built is immediately taken over by everyone else... the vultures just stand around the carcass and get fat because they don't have any R&D costs. If you cannot recoup R&D, you cannot afford to do R&D. That is true of big things like inventions, but it is also true of smaller ventures, like taking time to re