Either bring a lawsuit, or be quiet. You aren't going to shame Microsoft into changing their current policy, and even if it does improve results by only 1/1000, as long as they are legally within their right to do it, why wouldn't they?
It's laughable to think this "controversy" is putting a black eye on to Bing in any way shape or form, except among perhaps the most technical and anal retentive among the population.
I understand the down votes, my comment wasn't all that constructive. But seriously, the amount of attention paid to this issue from Google might be better spent making their own products better. At best this is an issue for lawyers. The low road Google is taking by making a big stink in the 'blogosphere' is asinine to me, but clearly many of you disagree by continually voting up these stories.
It's laughable to think this "controversy" is putting a black eye on to Bing in any way shape or form, except among perhaps the most technical and anal retentive among the population.