Murdoch may block Google searches
Found on BBC News on Sunday, 08 November 2009
The billionaire told Sky News Australia he will explore ways to remove stories from Google's search indexes, including Google News.
"There's a doctrine called 'fair use', which we believe to be challenged in the courts and would bar it altogether," Mr Murdoch told the TV channel.
Mr Murdoch announced earlier this year that the websites of his news websites would begin charging for access.
Thank you Rupert. It's been a real pain to see those bad Fox News articles scattered all over Google; I'm really glad you will remove them now. But if you think that every visitor magically starts paying a fee instead of reading the news on a free site, you're in for a rude awakening. And as a final note: your own news sites make heavy use of that fair use you're trying to banish so expect to be dragged to court more times than you can imagine if that right gets nullified.