Copyright issues with RevGoURL commands

[Stgoldberg at aol.com]

In writing a Rev command such as:

RevGoURL "http://www.google.com/search?q=dogs" (for literature)

or

RevGoURL "http://www.images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=& 
ie=ISO-8859-1&q=dogs" (for images)

it seems to me that what one is really doing is the equivalent of 
automatically typing in the searchword "dogs" into Google's search field on the Google 
home page and then pressing Return.   

Since Google does not have any advertising on its home page www.google.com or 
www.images.google.com, it would seem that Google should not lose any 
advertising by doing the automation.   Any advertising should appear as it usually 
does going through Google's home page.   So I am wondering if there would be a 
copyright restriction in the case where no advertising money is lost by Google.  
 I'm planning to consult with a copyright attorney for more information, but 
if anyone has any more thoughts, I'd certainly like to hear. Thanks to Richard 
Gaskin and Peter Evensen for the helpful comments.
Steve Goldberg



> Stgoldberg at aol.com wrote:
> > Does anyone know if there is a copyright issue with using the powerful
> > RevGoURL command to access websites using known Internet search engines?   
> For
> > instance, if one is interested in dogs one can access Google simply by 
> writing:
> 

> 
> It's not so much a copyright concern as one of lost revenue.  Search
> engine sites make their money from advertising, and automated searches
> nullify the value of such advertising.
>