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by kube-system 1391 days ago
Journalists post quotes and snippets, just as Google does. Not that it matters. Just because I gave something to someone else for free, doesn't mean I have to give it to you.

The idea that a single public exhibition of a work is enough to invalidate any future sale of that work is totally silly. Are you gonna bust out the window of a Barnes & Noble because libraries exist?

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Google reproduces the entire page it searches. This is not some oversight or hidden secret - it is how it works.