First off, "Google Maps rival" isn't some small unknown company, but Baidu. Next up, unlike what's heavily implied, they aren't stealing the data from Google Maps, but from some other chinese company, NavInfo. Lastly, according to the article, they actually had a deal with NavInfo, but their contract expired, which is quite a bit different from what people imagine when they see "stealing data".
I agree that it is a horrible article but I would also argue that once their contract ran out and they were no longer legally allowed to use the data but decided to not pay and do so anyways does that not amount to stealing?
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[ 3.4 ms ] story [ 31.7 ms ] threadFirst off, "Google Maps rival" isn't some small unknown company, but Baidu. Next up, unlike what's heavily implied, they aren't stealing the data from Google Maps, but from some other chinese company, NavInfo. Lastly, according to the article, they actually had a deal with NavInfo, but their contract expired, which is quite a bit different from what people imagine when they see "stealing data".
This is the definition of a misleading headline.