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Google News Leaves Beta

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the that-took-some-doing dept.

Aqws writes "As of 1/23/2006 Google News is no longer in Beta. It was in Beta for three years and four months. Here's the blog of Google News creator, Krishna Bharat, on the subject."

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  1. No, it wasnt by brunes69 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Of course not, thats a bunch of hooey perpetrated by idiots on slashdot.

    Think about it for a second, why in God's name would having the word 'beta' stuck in front of it be any kind of legal insulation? The population can still access it, the "damage" if any would still be done.

    The truth is that there is nothing wrong with anything Google is doing, all they are doing is grabbing headlines and snippits. It falls under "fair use", and they direct the traffic to your news site anyway, so where's the problem? If you personally don't want your site involved all you have to do is opt-out. It is clear as day.