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Murdoch To Explore Blocking Google Searches

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the why-is-no-one-calling-for-his-head dept.

In another move sure to continue the certain doom looming over classic publications, Rupert Murdoch has elaborated on the direction he would take in an effort to monetize the content that his websites deliver by attempting to block much of Google's ability to scan and index his news sites. "Murdoch believes that search engines cannot legally use headlines and paragraphs of news stories as search results. 'There's a doctrine called "fair use," which we believe to be challenged in the courts and would bar it altogether,' Mr Murdoch told the TV channel. 'But we'll take that slowly.'"

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  1. Re:This is just baffling! by jeek · · Score: 5, Interesting

    http://www.foxnews.com/google_news_index.xml

    Murdoch is so intent on blocking Google News that his site automatically generates the feed necessary for the import.

    Wait.. I think I missed something.

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