Amazing story! I maintain a network library on iOS where we have automated this process: a merged pull request earns the author an automatic invitation to join the project. The code is at https://github.com/Moya/Aeryn if anyone is interested.
The article specifically discusses the urgent need for new law surrounding this new class of technology – that the existing laws for aircraft are insufficient.
So Google blames its algorithm for giving the URL to a company that didn't even ask for it, then Google says its the company's responsibility to return the address. On Google's service. That Google owns.
That's, uhh, that's some pretty high-level bullshit, Google.