Comments on: Google mobilizes users in fight for robots’ core values

By: Arru

Arru — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 06:52:53 +0000

Well whaddyaknow? Apparently changing laws comes easier to these people than writing a robots.txt. Who’s stone-age now? :-)

By: Dominic v. Bülow

Dominic v. Bülow — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 05:36:09 +0000

If Google didn’t index peoples content how would anyone find/read publishers stuff at all? Are you kidding!!! Now they want to be paid from Google because Google lets people find there content when they do a search! Wow people are going way overboard in the name of “copyright infringement” for a while and this just shows how crazy it gets…..maybe Google show make them pay per search they do on Google…what a boat load of idiots.

By: A S

A S — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 04:25:12 +0000

Are you serious? Your comment is wrong on so MANY levels:

1. Google runs what is probably the biggest 3rd party networks for compensating content creators and publishers, big both in volume and the amount of money paid. This includes Google’s revenue sharing schemes like Adsense and YouTube revenue sharing.

2. Even if you don’t participate in Google’s revenue sharing programs, if your content is good, Google will still be one of the biggest, if not THE biggest, facilitators of your online revenue by sending people your way through search results. For MOST of the websites in the world, especially the popular ones, Google is the biggest traffic referrer, and there by facilitator of income.

3. If you don’t want Google indexing your content and making any profit out of your content, it is EXTREMELY easy for you to opt out of Google indexing.

By: Orwell Upgraded

Orwell Upgraded — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 22:10:23 +0000

Copyright related institutions seem to be intent of total destruction of the people they are supposed to represent at the moment.

Every new desperate step makes them seem crazier than before. Every bit of logic more deranged than the last. Its like watching someone have a mental breakdown.

I hope it’s not too long before governments wake up and do the kind thing like putting a wounded animal out of it’s misery. Unfortunately they spend a lot of money on politics now and politicians are often not very bright and believe their silly ideas.

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 21:34:10 +0000

I’m looking at my Google News page and I don’t see a single advertisement. I don’t pay a cent to Google to look at the page, and cannot look at, let along click on an advertisement that would generate them any revenue. In fact, I think the other poster makes a valid point. The free topical indexing Google provides points readers to articles posted online that might otherwise be completely ignored. This increased traffic brings readers to their sites, which they can then use to sell banner adds and such, increasing their revenue stream.

By: Orwell Upgraded

Orwell Upgraded — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 21:20:39 +0000

They can already prevent indexing if they want. Its easy. They are just being intentionally stupid & greedy.

Its like charging librarians each time they suggest a book to someone asking. Only copyright can make people crazy enough to do mental gymnastics like that.

By: gluejar

gluejar — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 20:51:48 +0000

Umm ACAP, Automated Content Access Protocol. The notability box on the Wikipedia article is a good answer to the german federation.

By: David Thomas

David Thomas — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 18:51:23 +0000

I believe the ASCAP standard is a royalty payment system. Google has been riding a razor’s edge of interpretation for a long time now, making enormous profits from advertising and not the least bit interested in sharing any of it with the creators and copyright holders of content. There are systems in place for publisher’s to be justly compensated when their content is used, similar to the way composers/copyright holders are rewarded when music is played in public. Google has exploited all other media not covered by ASCAP — you don’t find music indexed on Google the way print, images, and video are, and there is a good reason for that.

By: A S

A S — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 18:13:36 +0000

What does ASCAP (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Society_of_Composers,_Authors_and_Publishers) have to do with robots.txt? Google should just call the publishers’ bluff and stop indexing their content. Let the publishers see their visitor numbers go down dramatically and explain that to their shareholders.