Using Google to discover new Planet causes U.S. – Spanish Feud

http://search-engines-web.com/ writes “The discovery of a new planetoid has set off a bitter feud between American and Spanish scientists while raising questions about the ethics of Internet research.

American researchers said they learned that the Spanish scientists had discovered where Brown was aiming a Chilean telescope by using an Internet search engine.

“This is a wake-up call for scientists,” Brown said.

Scientist Jose Luis Ortiz says he and his researchers did nothing wrong and the data found using the Google search engine should be considered public and thus free to use.

MOre From MSNBC“

October 18, 2005 by Uncategorized 1

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  1. Christina says:
    October 18, 2005 at 8:03 pm

    more detailed treatment in NY Times
    “One Find, Two Astronomers: An Ethical Brawl”
    Dennis Overbye. New York Times. (Late Edition (East Coast)). New York, N.Y.: Sep 13, 2005. pg. F.1

    (available f/t via Proquest, if you have it)

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