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I bet if any other company did it instead of MS they would sue the hell out of them for using their data.


I bet if Microsoft were not extracting value from someone else's content, but instead had their content being used to power someone else's business, they'd be singing a very different tune.


This already happened and MS sent a cease and desist.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HiQ_Labs_v._LinkedIn




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