Google Search: Copyright Violators to Make Way for Legitimate Sources
By Karla Robinson
August 14, 2012
August 14, 2012
- Google has announced that sites receiving numerous valid copyright removal notices will start appearing lower in Google search results so that legitimate sources will appear at the top.
- The new policy shows Google’s commitment to promoting high-quality media sources and upholding the rights of creators.
- Examples of sites likely to be pushed down the search totem pole are filestube.com, extratorrent.com, torrenthound.com, bitsnoop.com and isohunt.com.
- “The ranking change,” Google blogged, “should help users find legitimate, quality sources of content more easily — whether it’s a song previewed on NPR’s music website, a TV show on Hulu or new music streamed from Spotify.”
- The MPAA issued an approving, yet cautious, statement: “We are optimistic that Google’s actions will help steer consumers to the myriad legitimate ways for them to access movies and TV shows online, and away from the rogue cyberlockers, peer-to-peer sites, and other outlaw enterprises that steal the hard work of creators across the globe. We will be watching this development closely — the devil is always in the details — and look forward to Google taking further steps to ensure that its services favor legitimate businesses and creators, not thieves.”
- “Google has signaled a new willingness to value the rights of creators,” the RIAA added in a press release. “That is good news indeed. And the online marketplace for the hundreds of licensed digital services embraced by the music business is better today than it was yesterday.”
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