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		mixmax on April 20, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Google Bay Also, illegal content is (I presume) a large part of thepiratebay's searchable content, while it's a very small part of Googles searchable content. Legaly I believe that makes a big difference.

staunch on April 20, 2009 [–]

IIRC that was a key point in the Napster trial. It was hard to argue there was a "legitimate" use.

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