Amazon.com won't provide search details

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Tue Oct 24, 4:25 PM ET

SAN FRANCISCO - As expected, online retailer Amazon.com Inc. has objected to providing details about its book search feature to rival Google Inc., which says it needs them to fight copyright infringement allegations from a group of authors and book publishers.

In a Monday filing, Amazon.com described Google's request, which was made via a subpoena served on Oct. 6, as "overly broad and unduly burdensome" and said it would expose Amazon's trade secrets.

Amazon lawyers also note how Google wants "essentially all documents concerning Amazon's sale of books on its Web sites, and all searching and indexing functions."

"Google can not show any substantial need to obtain Amazon's proprietary information," despite Google's promises to only use the information to defend itself against the lawsuits, Amazon's lawyers wrote.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061024/ap_on_hi_te/amazon_google_1

I've been buying from Amazon.com myself lately. I go to the site via the link found for the White Rose Society so they'll get a few cents for the purchases made via their link which is:

http://www.amazon.com/?&tag=thewhiteroses-20&camp=211493&creative=379993&linkCode=op1&adid=108DQJ9GJTXMDB62MQNX&

Supporting Amazon.com is a great thing to do and they have very competitive prices I've always believed.

We need to support Amazon.com now more than ever, especially after reading this news. They are defending rights that they should not even have to defend!

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1. Been boycotting Amazon since the Derbyshire article/National review

giving us the finger in 2001.

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2. Wait, isn't this about Google's book search?

I think they are trying to show that Amazon.com has search/AI functionality that accesses the content of books to make decisions, like Google. Amazon doesn't want to be dragged into the suit so they are refusing. Am I wrong?

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3. DU has a link too

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/subst/home/home.html/002-6814585-0184832




sorry ben. :hug: I love you too.

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4. Thanks for the tip!

I'll use the DU link the next time around!

I am glad they are not sharing their info. with Google. I think I'm "googled" out sorry to say!

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