Google v.Microsoft (and the rest of the world)

I don't know if any of us really think about the copyright aspect of Google. Many of us use it daily. Constantly putting in keywords and trying to find a website or picture but I'm pretty sure not too many people stop to ask themselves if Google is legally giving you these things you are searching for. But this is exactly the reason why Microsoft and several other companies are fighting against Google's copyright policies. Google's policy is that everything can be copied unless the copyright owner tells Google to stop. This may or may not make sense but let's delve deeper.

Think about why one copyrights something. It's to keep someone from copying or taking that item or material and passing it off as their own (whether it just be showing or selling). Know think about what Google does. You put in the name of something you want to find and Google shows you where to get it. It doesn't say the thing is their own and they don't tell you that they own it or that you should credit them with what you get. Nor do they claim any responsibility for errors or mishaps with the website, picture, or items you are presented. Is this copyright infringement? Perhaps the reason Microsoft is going after Google is because Google has just recently decided to expand into the business software market which would make competition for the 15-year dominant software provider, Microsoft.