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Originally Posted by minstrel
It isn't just Google, Ferre. What makes Google different from any other search engine? or DMOZ? They are all using other people's work. No search engine or directory could exist otherwise.
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This isn't quite correct as people submit thier sites to DMOZ (amongst other directories) and therefore explicitly agree to the use of their material for their mutual benefit.
Google just assumes that you'll agree, which is fine now, as of course everyone will agree, but their success is based on this assumption, if they hadn't done it they would not be the position that they are now?
And it is still correct that regardless of the available cache the index still uses copyrighted material. You can't search a site without knowing it's content!?