Autolink Must Die and Google Is Wrong

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From Tim Bray:

There’ve been a couple of weeks to think about it, and the more I think about it, the more it seems obvious that Google has gone seriously off the rails with the new AutoLink feature of their toolbar.

Anyhow, this is a policy problem not a technical problem, so here’s a suggestion: perhaps our friends at Creative Commons could have a look and develop a professional legal opinion as to whether their licenses, like the one I use, are infringed by AutoLink (my non-professional opinion is that Google’s damn close to the edge). If not, perhaps they could create a variant license that clearly rules it out of order. Then Google stops, or we sue their ass.

ongoing · Google Is Wrong

I’m really glad the online publishing community is standing up to Google on this one. Now all we need is some lawyer who’ll take up the case. I can’t even imagine the link love he or she would get …

Heads up to Nick for catching this one… (threadwatch)

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