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November 13, 2013 05:15 am GMT

Piracy Claims Lead Google to Axe 200 Million Search Results in 2013

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Copyright holders have been keeping Google busy this year, demanding the search giant remove four times as many links to allegedly pirated content in 2013 as last year

The search giant has removed more than 200 million such links since January, as reported by TorrentFreak, which compiled the data from Google's weekly reports

See also: How U.S. Copyright Law Holds Back Tech Researchers

In 2011, Google removed less than 10 million links. In 2012, just above 50 million. What's going on?

The increase in takedowns isn't necessarily connected to an increase in piracy or pirated content online. Rather, it may just be because entertainment lobbies have decided to ramp up their takedown notices, according to Mitch Stoltz, a staff attorney focusing on intellectual property at the digital rights advocacy group the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). Read more...

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