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Google: Pirate Update


Google’s Pirate Update is a filter introduced in August 2012 designed to prevent sites with many copyright infringement reports, as filed through Google’s DMCA system, from ranking well in Google’s listings. The filter is periodically updated. When this happens, sites previously impacted may escape, if they’ve made the right improvements. The filter may also catch new sites that escaped being caught before, plus it may release “false positives” that were caught.

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Google to allow removal of counterfeit goods from search results

You can now submit a form to request Google to review and take down counterfeit goods from Google...

Barry Schwartz | Jun 11, 2020 at 3:00 am ET

Google says no algorithm changes in new deal to demote pirated content in UK search results

Google and Microsoft Bing agree to reduce pirated content from their search results in an agreement named the Voluntary Code of...

Barry Schwartz | Feb 20, 2017 at 10:00 am ET

Columbia University researchers claim 28% of Google’s URL takedown requests are invalid

Among the questionable DMCA notices, 4.2% of the takedown requests targeted sites that failed to include any copyright-infringing content....

Amy Gesenhues | Apr 4, 2016 at 10:30 am ET

 

Google Received More Than 65 Million URL Takedown Requests In The Past Month

The current number of weekly URL copyright removal requests is nearly double what it was this time last year....

Amy Gesenhues | Nov 23, 2015 at 11:55 am ET

JustWatch Claims Google’s Anti-Piracy Efforts Haven’t Hurt Streaming Sites

Google's Piracy Update has worked well removing torrent sites but not so well with illegal streaming sites, says a...

Barry Schwartz | Nov 11, 2015 at 3:30 pm ET

Piracy Groups Want Google To Remove The Whole Site After Valid DMCA Filings

Google writes a letter to the United States Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator opposing whole-site removal over DMCA...

Barry Schwartz | Oct 22, 2015 at 9:42 am ET

9 Outcomes Of Google’s Pirate Algorithm: Should You Be Concerned?

In light of Google's update to its pirate algorithm in October 2014, columnist Neil Patel explores its impact thus...

Neil Patel | Jun 26, 2015 at 10:31 am ET

Getting Better, But Google Still Has Work On Piracy: The Game Of Thrones Story

The search engine scores exceptionally well fighting piracy on generic searches for the popular TV series. But for the piracy-prone searches...

Danny Sullivan | Apr 18, 2015 at 9:00 am ET

Google Link Removal Requests Climb To 345 Million In 2014

Torrent Freak study reveals the number of Google's takedown notices were up 75% from...

Amy Gesenhues | Jan 7, 2015 at 11:06 am ET

Reports: Google Pirate Update Has Rolled Out This Week

Last week, we reported that Google will be pushing out an update to the Google Pirate Update in the upcoming weeks. It looks like Google pushed...

Barry Schwartz | Oct 24, 2014 at 8:55 am ET

After More Than Two Years, Google Finally Releasing New “Pirate Update” To Fight Piracy

In August 2012, to stem accusations that it doesn’t do enough to fight piracy, Google released what’s known as the Pirate Update, a...

Danny Sullivan | Oct 17, 2014 at 4:02 pm ET

Google DMCA Notices Reach Record High With 7.8 Million Link Removal Requests Filed In One Week

Going on Google’s recent takedown notice numbers, it looks as if the site may be spending as much time on link removal requests as it is...

Amy Gesenhues | Aug 21, 2014 at 10:27 am ET

MPAA: 82 Percent Of Searches Leading To Pirated Content Come From Google

The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) today accused Google and other search engines of playing “a significant role” in...

Matt McGee | Sep 18, 2013 at 7:02 pm ET

Bing Reports They Receive Hundreds Of Thousands Of DMCA Complaints Every Month

Because of its share of the search market, Google is most frequently targeted by copyright holders filing DMCA complaints, but the search giant...

Amy Gesenhues | Aug 9, 2013 at 12:32 pm ET

New Research Says Search Engines Have Little To Do With Promoting Pirated Content

A new research paper authored by Matt Schruers and published by the Computer & Communications Industry Association argues that search...

Amy Gesenhues | Aug 7, 2013 at 2:44 pm ET

Google Continues Censoring Piracy-Related Search Suggestions By Blocking Grooveshark

TorrentFreak reports Google has added another website to the piracy block list for their instant search suggestions. The site is named...

Barry Schwartz | Jul 24, 2013 at 9:38 am ET

Google’s Schmidt: Hollywood Should Take Content Pirates To Court

Google’s Eric Schmidt says that the entertainment industry should focus on taking content pirates to court, rather than just trying to get...

Matt McGee | Jul 12, 2013 at 3:02 pm ET

Google Refuses Hollywood Studio Requests To De-List File Storage Site Mega

In recent weeks, Hollywood studios NBC Universal and Warner Bros both submitted DMCA takedown requests asking Google to de-list the file storage...

Amy Gesenhues | May 29, 2013 at 11:55 am ET

Hollywood Asks Google To Stop Listing Piracy Documentary, Claiming It’s Piracy Too

The recently released TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay – Away from Keyboard, a documentary that sympathizes with the founders of the infamous file...

Amy Gesenhues | May 21, 2013 at 12:50 pm ET

50 Million Pages Removed From Google This Year Due To DMCA Piracy Reports

We know that the number of DMCA requests have risen since Google introduced its Pirate Update, a penalty against sites that have an unusual...

Barry Schwartz | Dec 31, 2012 at 9:38 am ET
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