I was speaking more to the openness of some sites (even via developers) like Twitter and Flickr to make the date readily available; though very well said on your part. We are certainly on the same page - and regardless of who owns the data (site owners, artists, social networks) its incorporation in search results is a plus for everyone.

I'll be quite honest; I'm probably more American than Euro on this one, I'm private. Not really sure my inner source of opinion on this one. But hey - that's why this country rocks, we can debate this kind of stuff all night :)