Thread: Wikipedia founder starts petition for a pirate.
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Old 06-26-2012, 05:57 AM  
Paul Markham
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Originally Posted by DamianJ View Post
Google provides links to where you can download pirated content. They do not host the content. They make money from advertising around these links to pirated content.

The torrent site provided links to where you can download pirated content. They do not host the content. They made a little money from advertising around these links to pirated content.

Can you explain to me, in laymans' terms, the technical difference?
Google are not breaking any laws. This guy did.

Until providing links to these sites is illegal, Google are legal.
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