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Reading over Google’s Shoulder

Written By
Ben Charny
Ben Charny
Mar 22, 2006
1 minute read
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Google Reader now lets you share. Introduced in October, 2005, Google Reader is a one-stop Internet site offering access to content from other Web sites, RSS (really simple syndication) feeds or subscriptions. Using the new share feature, Google Reader-ites can share content they get with others.

There are sure to be lots of publishers that love this feature for all the extra traffic it’ll generate. But there’s got to be a handful wondering why Google’s letting people freely share their copyrighted material, and they likely aren’t seeing a dime for it.

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