[Mupolan]

That's not how it works

[autos06]

I doubt they'd get anywhere with a law suit

[Mupolan]

Ok, you have no clue

[autos06]

Mupolan, there's also the google api
Dogpile could just be doing searches with that :d

[Peter Pitt]

Mupolan,sue them for what? /Linking/?

[autos06]

Mupolan, http://research.yale.edu/lawmeme/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1725 interesting read
And where does robots.txt become legally binding?

[Mupolan]

Look up ebay's "virtual tresspassing" lawsuits
They stopped a lot of meta auctions ites
The web used to be filled with meta auctions

[autos06]

The concept is totally flawed still
A "user" could be doing the search, saving the google page and then having it parsed by the application
The "user" is not blocked by the robots.txt, just robots.
S/he was saying that google doesn't allow robots to index it
But if it wasn't a robot that grabbed the page, then the robots.txt doesn't matter
"only people 7ft tall can read this sign" but if I get someone who is 7ft tall to read it for me and then describe it, the height restriction is meaningless

[froomzer]

Since when is robots legally binding?
If you have a page on the web
It's accessible
If you donct' want it accessible
DON'T PUT IT ON THE WEB

[autos06]

Exactly
Rhett, the lawsuit looks hilarious
In blocking the practice at least until the case comes up for trial, U.S. District Judge Ronald Whyte ruled that Bidder's Edge had "deprived eBay of the ability to use...its personal property for its own purposes."
I think the biggest issue is that the officials in office have no idea about technology, so we end up with silly laws and suits, and patents on technologies that shouldn't ever have been given