Originally Posted by
chaumi
1. Google is effectively using intellectual property for their own gain (in other words, to keep searchers on Google for as long as possible)
This has been widely recognized in recent times. Seems pretty obvious. And, I would suggest, a pretty clever business move. The ethics of it I'm not sure about. I'd offer a view that anyone that publishes web material (in the main) understands that material is going to (hopefully, for most people) get picked up and ranked in some way or at least shown to visitors on occasions. Google is providing the tool that makes all that work ...so, surely they can use that in any way they see fit???
Bear in mind, that it's possible we've not seen the full fallout/future yet and a few FAQs might be the tip of the iceberg.