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US Judge Dismisses Google's Copyright Lawsuit Against SerpApi, Rules Search Results Unprotected

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A U.S. judge dismissed Google’s copyright lawsuit against web scraping service SerpApi, ruling that plain and aggregated search results are not protected under copyright law.

The decision resolves the company's legal challenge over how third-party indexing tools repurpose public search output.

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@techmeme

A US judge dismisses Google's lawsuit against web scraping service SerpApi, saying plain and aggregated search results are not protected under copyright law (@rustybrick / Search Engine Roundtable) (Visit Techmeme dot com for the link and

@rustybrick

Google's lawsuit over @serp_api scraping its search results has been dismissed

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