Google reports that it received 1.13 million requests in the past month to remove URLs for allegedly infringing copyrights.
“Who complains loudest about Google linking to infringing content in its search results?” asks Ars Technica. “The movie and music industries, of course, who absolutely delight in taking whacks at the search engine. But thanks to a huge new trove of data released today by Google, we know that the worldwide top takedown requestor — by far — is actually Microsoft.”
Top copyright owners making requests include Microsoft, NBCUniversal and RIAA member labels. Top targeted domains included filestube.com, torrentz.eu and 4shared.com.
Google says it removes 97 percent of requested links.
“We recently rejected two requests from an organization representing a major entertainment company, asking us to remove a search result that linked to a major newspaper’s review of a TV show. The requests mistakenly claimed copyright violations of the show, even though there was no infringing content,” explains Fred von Lohmann, Google’s senior copyright counsel.
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