Copyright Takedown Requests to Google Doubled In 2013 117
Daniel_Stuckey writes "Last month, a company working on behalf of the publisher Random House, asked Google to remove links to a free copy of Stephen King's Carrie from search results. Google complied for three out of the four requested links, but didn't remove Kim Dotcom's new website Mega.co.nz as requested — for even if Mega is hosting pirated copies of Carrie, they sure aren't on the homepage. But leaving that link up was an exception to the rule. More and more, copyright owners and the organizations they employ are cutting off where the websites and the public meet — the search engine. Google's transparency reports show that requests to remove links to copyrighted material rose steadily in 2013. The search giant received 6.5 million requests during the week of November 18, 2013, which is over twice as many as the same week a year ago. Google said it complies with 97 percent of requests."
I know someone who had his original work taken down by a Warner Bros DMCA bot (without recourse, naturally, since only lawyers are people nowadays).
THE SOLUTION ! (Score:5, Funny)
The final solution...
Since Google complies with 97 percent of the requests, we start a crowdsourced effort to digitize every law firm letterheads in the world, and start sending bogus takedown notices for EVERY Film Preview, Trailer, Announcement, everything the majors, publishers and media giants dare to put online.
With a little organization and templates for the letters, we can paralyze this nonsense, flood it and render it useless.
Re:New Search Engine (Score:2, Funny)
>> the media industry however can die.
So, if it dies, which new movies will you enjoy?
Gosh, whatever will I do with 2,729,202 unwatched hours of Netflix content. I'm not sure I'll be able to find anything within the 2,714 genres...