It's been years since I posted, but thank you very, very kindly for your hard work. I've been reading this site since I was in high school, and now have two kids, a job, and a life. Hard to believe things move so quickly... Of the entire internet, Slashdot has consumed the largest share of my time and attention over the last 15 years. Kudos.

Great link, but you didn't read it.

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(c)
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Seems hard to argue that what goog is doing is legal by those standards.