"...But would you really pony up? "

@Laurianne    Yours is a really reasonable question.  And to be honest ( which I always am) - I probably would not.  I hate in general to pay for information at all.   I kissed the NY Times and Bloomberg good-bye for this very reason.  I used to love reading their articles and then one day - it was you have to register and pay  and that was that.    

I think the NY Times has changed their model some where you still can access information, but I haven't been back to Bloomberg since - just too much information out there if you know how to look for it.    I hate this for online publishers but a new revenue model will show itself soon enough.

I cannot believe what Google is doing here.   I really can't believe it.  This kind of shady business offering from a company that has made billions doing exactly what they offer to stop.   It is simply ludicrous ! 

 I am beginning to loose some respect for Google.   I will continue to use their tools as I always have but this - this really shows me that the concerns in the back of head regarding Google held more truth in them than  even I would like to believe.

 This really is incredible.