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I guess that's best possible defense for them at the moment.

"We do not copy Google's results (however, we do use them in 'creative' ways!)"



> "We do not copy Google's results (however, we do use them in 'creative' ways!)"

What's the difference to what Google does by e.g. using newspaper articles in a "creative" way (by not only showing them in the search results, but by combining them to a new type of newspaper at news.google.com)?


Bing attempts to heavily monetise their ventures. So basically they're taking away potential eyeballs. And Google did run into a similar issue with news.google.com: http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gRqFRzuaE...




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