A new bill in the UK Parliament named the Digital Economy Bill [HL] 2009-10 is proposing to give search engines, such as Google, a form of immunity against being sued over copyright infringement. It is a bit more complex than that but overall, if you want your content out of the search engines, block them – otherwise, you can’t sue them over copyright law.

A Sphinn thread is pretty heated over the topic. Primarily between Michael Gray and Danny Sullivan. Let me quote some of the conversation:

Danny Sullivan in response to Michael Gray:

Michael Gray in response to Danny Sullivan:

The debate goes on and on in the thread, so if you are in a troll/rant mood or if you just find the topic interesting, do check it out.

Forum discussion at Sphinn.