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Comments on: Reports: Google, DOJ talked about Book Search

The Justice Department has held talks with Google about its book-search project, according to published reports. Are antitrust concerns getting more serious?

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by nicmart April 28, 2009 6:13 PM PDT
There is no more classic example of the "law of unintended consequences" than antitrust law.
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by monkeyfun14 April 28, 2009 10:23 PM PDT
God damn can we get one solid definition of what a monopoly is.
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by hutwarmer April 29, 2009 9:50 AM PDT
now i have to go look up the word dystopian
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by Jonathan Machen April 30, 2009 7:02 AM PDT
Stephen, I just listened to Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! interview the head of the internet archive, and he echoed the issue about the class-action suit. Very interesting, thanks.
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