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Google Admits to Using Sohu Database

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the cut-and-paste dept.

prostoalex writes "A few days ago a Chinese company, Sohu.com, alleged Google improperly tapped its database for its Pinyin IME product, stirring controversy on whether two databases were similar just due to normal research process. Today Google admitted that its new product for Chinese market 'was built leveraging some non-Google database resources.' 'The dictionaries used with both software from Google and Sohu shared several common mistakes, where Chinese characters were matched with the wrong Pinyin equivalents. In addition, both dictionaries listed the names of engineers who had developed Sohu's Sogou Pinyin IME.'"

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  1. Not a big deal by gaz_hayes · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Good, google admitted it. I bet google contracted a Chinese company to supply them the database though. Apart from that, basically every piece of IP the USA has ever created has been copied by the Chinese and profit has been made. But, that doesnt make it right, and google needs to come 100% clean because if we start doing what the Chinese do to us, then there will be no more good people left in the world...

  2. Re:Is this... by ThePengwin · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    *pats you on the back*

    Its okay, welcome to the internet.