Google has updated its Transparency Report to include requests to take down URLs that contain copyrighted material. Such requests, made by content owners or their representatives, are at the heart of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Until now, Google has only publicized government requests to remove content; the new data provides an interesting glimpse of which companies are crying foul over the unauthorized posting of their intellectual property. The top copyright owners requesting material to be removed from Google search in the past month were Microsoft, NBC Universal, BPI, porn site Elegant Angel and RIAA member companies.
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Google Opens Its Piracy Complaint Books
Posted by: Erika Morphy May 25, 2012 03:01 PMGoogle has updated its Transparency Report to include requests to take down URLs that contain copyrighted material. Such requests, made by content owners or their representatives, are at the heart of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Until now, Google has only publicized government requests to remove content; the new data provides an interesting glimpse of which companies are crying foul over the unauthorized posting of their intellectual property. The top copyright owners requesting material to be removed from Google search in the past month were Microsoft, NBC Universal, BPI, porn site Elegant Angel and RIAA member companies.