Rap Genius Traffic Has Dropped By Over 80%

Re:Rap Genius Traffic Has Dropped By Over 80% by dylandrop on Sunday December 29, 2013 @03:14PM (#6981099)

I do think that RapGenius' punishment is pretty harsh, but I don't think Google's behavior is "absolutely ridiculous". RapGenius did some shady stuff and they should be penalized for it so that this stuff doesn't pervade the web. I also don't think Google is acting like a cartel, in that they aren't extorting RapGenius or killing family members. But maybe Google should've laid off the crusade after a week or so.

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Re:Rap Genius Traffic Has Dropped By Over 80% by rgbrgb on Sunday December 29, 2013 @03:22PM (#6981146)

I mostly agree with you. However, I think the parent comment was referring to the economic sense of "cartel"[1].

[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartel

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Re:Rap Genius Traffic Has Dropped By Over 80% by k-mcgrady on Sunday December 29, 2013 @04:22PM (#6981440)

I haven't that read much about cartels in a long time but Google's behaviour here doesn't seem to fit that of a cartel based on a quick reading of the wikipedia page you provided.

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