You may as well have provided a direct link like this: https://www.google.com/search?q=searching+the+internet&aq=f&oq=searching+the+internet
It's almost to the point of splitting hairs to say that directions to "Search the Internet for these terms" isn't more or less a direct link.
What it comes down to is that I provided some instructions, instructions that boil down to "don't provide copyrighted material or information on how to get it." My exact wording was "link" -- but I'd like to presume that everybody on this forum is smart and can figure out that I also don't really want "oh just google for $SEARCH_TERMS" or "oh just go to $NAME_OF_WEB_SITE"
And make no mistake about it -- search terms aren't illegal, but transferring data you don't have the rights to redistribute is and that's what the intent of the rule on this issue is.
It's almost to the point of splitting hairs to say that directions to "Search the Internet for these terms" isn't more or less a direct link.
What it comes down to is that I provided some instructions, instructions that boil down to "don't provide copyrighted material or information on how to get it." My exact wording was "link" -- but I'd like to presume that everybody on this forum is smart and can figure out that I also don't really want "oh just google for $SEARCH_TERMS" or "oh just go to $NAME_OF_WEB_SITE"
And make no mistake about it -- search terms aren't illegal, but transferring data you don't have the rights to redistribute is and that's what the intent of the rule on this issue is.