[ NNSquad ] Re: Google Hijacked -- Major ISP to Intercept and Modify Web Pages

[Brett Glass <nnsquad@brettglass.com>]

At 11:09 AM 12/9/2007, Joshua Smith wrote:
 
>This is no
>different than UPS or FEDEX or $INSERT_SHIPPING_COMPANY_NAME_HERE
>replacing the books i ordered from amazon i ordered earlier with a
>different set of books they believe may be more suiting.  Or just
>removing a book or two out of my package because they don't agree with
>the messages in the book.

I disagree. If you look at Lauren's screen shot, they did not change a word of Google's page. They merely added their own message at the top. This is commonly done by TV stations, and no one has asserted after lo these many years that it is any sort of violation of copyright or that the station doesn't have a right to do it. 

--Brett Glass