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by mnm1 3049 days ago
Can we start suing Google then for Google cache or the WayBackMachine for the same? They are certainly republishing my pages without permission. That's copyright infringement according to this criteria too. In fact, they host the content on their servers so there isn't even this technicality. What about the snippets Google shows in its search results? What about Slack when it embeds part of my page when someone posts a link?
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slededit 3049 days ago
TheWayBackmachine is operated by a library which gives them special license under copyright law. That said they will not make your page available publicly if you tell them not to.

Google cache is copyright infringement however it may or may not be excusable under fair use depending on the circumstances.

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DannyBee 3049 days ago
"Can we start suing Google then for Google cache or the WayBackMachine for the same?"

Already happened. Multiple times. In fact, the precedent the EFF is talking about was "Perfect 10 v. Google", which was about caching, thumbnails, and framing in google image search.

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