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MPAA blasts Google for failing to fight piracy

article published on 22 September, 2013

A report this week from the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) blasted search engines for failing to fight copyright infringement. The report, titled "Understanding the Role of Search in Online Piracy", claims that 58 percent of search queries people used before viewing copyright infringing content "contain generic of title-specific keywords only." What that means is people ... [ read the full article ]

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nonoitall
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_ 		23. September 2013 @ 00:57 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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The report, titled "Understanding the Role of Search in Online Piracy", claims that 58 percent of search queries people used before viewing copyright infringing content "contain generic of title-specific keywords only." What that means is people find infringing copies of content easily without specifically requesting them with keywords.
Translation: The entertainment industry needs to step up their SEO and make their content more accessible on their own sites than the "pirate" sites do.
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What happens when Microsoft buys Minecraft? Lets see...
Qliphah
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_ 		23. September 2013 @ 15:39 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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"Search engines bear responsibility for introducing people to infringing content - even people who aren't actively looking for it," said Chris Dodd, chairman of the MPAA.

Sure, and finding a want-ad in the local news paper should make them responsible for the crazy chick I met that stole my TV.
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