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Fluffeh [soylentnews.org] writes:

In a written statement to a House Judiciary Subcommittee hearing [torrentfreak.com] on the DMCA takedown system, RIAA CEO Cary Sherman informed lawmakers about the ongoing struggle [house.gov] against online piracy. "All those links to infringing music files that were automatically repopulated by each pirate site after today's takedown will be re-indexed and appear in search results tomorrow. Every day we have to send new notices to take down the very same links to illegal content we took down the day before. It's like 'Groundhog Day' for takedowns," Sherman says.

Google, however, clearly disagrees with the RIAA, Katherine Oyama, Google's Senior Copyright Policy Counsel said "The best way to battle piracy is with better, more convenient, legitimate alternatives to piracy, as services ranging from Netflix to Spotify to iTunes have demonstrated. The right combination of price, convenience, and inventory will do far more to reduce piracy than enforcement can,".

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