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Sounds like a great opportunity for someone to SEO optimize a site, paraphrase WSJ articles, put some ads in and let Google index them (like already happens to dozens of blogs). Then instead of blaming Google for stealing their money, News Corp will have to blame the dozens (hundreds?) of spammy reposters who appear to fill the void.

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News Corp would be able to go after these people with copyright infringement lawsuits, possibly naming Google as a co-defendant. Stopping this kind of infringement is a much more manageable task than stopping P2P file sharing, as these sites are dependent on Google/some other ad network making payments to them.

But at least, they will get some money from Microsoft.

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