paidContent: Video: Murdoch Making News Invisible To Search Engines? Not So Fast

"Here’s how Murdoch replied when [Sky News political editor David Speers] asked why he hasn’t blocked sites from being seen by search engines: 'I think we will. But that’s when we start charging. We do it already with the Wall Street Journal. We have a wall, but it’s not right to the ceiling.' ... He also raised the idea of challenging the doctrine of 'fair use' in court, then reigned it in a bit. “We’re getting a lot of advertising revenue so we’ll take that slowly.'"

Citizen Media Law Project: Do Ads in Google News Search Change the Fair Use Analysis?

"Google's use of small amounts of copyrighted content in its Google News search results is similar to its use of copyrighted content in its other search functions, which already carry advertising. As the Ninth Circuit has recognized, Google's use of copyrighted content in search results is highly transformative because it serves the purpose of improving access to information on the Internet."