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Warner Bros. is vigorously trying to prevent pirated content from showing up in search results, but in doing so the movie studio has shot itself in the foot. Recently, Warner asked Google to take down several of its own pages, claiming that they are copyright-infringing.
The movie industry has gone head to head with Google in recent years, demanding tougher anti-piracy measures from the search engine.
According to Warner Bros. and other major studios, Google makes it too easy for its users to find pirated content. Instead, they would prefer Google to remove sites such as The Pirate Bay from search results entirely.
Warner itself is also taking action, by reporting pirated content to the search engine, asking it to be removed from the index. This year the movie studio intensified its efforts and thus far it has flagged over four million allegedly infringing URLs.
We use the term allegedly with good reason, as not all of the reports are accurate. In fact, this week we stumbled upon recent takedown requests that have some glaring errors.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by bzipitidoo on Tuesday September 06 2016, @01:50AM
They're not the ones who matter. They stoke and exploit public pity for starving artists. That in itself isn't so terrible, but they also use their expertise in advertising and propaganda to block progress.
As public understanding of the capabilities and value of the Internet grows, and how much more it could do if only we removed the barriers enshrined in archaic laws, they'll be forced to adapt. The public is who matters. In just 25 years, we've gone from practically nothing, no World Wide Web, no Wikipedia, no Youtube, no search engines, and heck, no browser, to the Internet being an indispensible convenience for keeping up with current events, paying bills, and of course communicating with each other.