"You're a smart man, Pat.
It didn't occur to me that Google would have interest in digging into this, but you're right. The channel conflict hits them a little closer to home than in the networks who merely benefit. I'd believe that the networks haven't actually looked, either out of fear or ignorance.
Though I've long talked about the fact that the networks have all the information to measure the impact of this channel conflict.
Now whether Google and these two groups will actually get together and say, "hey WTF", is another question. Unfortunately, I doubt they'll share what they find. We'll be left to speculation based on their behavior." - Scott Jangro