Music labels now going after Google search results

Now we'll see if these guys have any real power or are just full of it.

Well, If I say "Free Music at MegaUpload". Am I liable for saying that?

Heh, well we all knew they'd try this eventually, right? They had the opportunity to adapt with dignity ten years ago, but stunts like this show that they're just an embarrassment to themselves and anyone who has stuck with them this past decade.

i want a pony!

They are going down swinging I guess. Nevertheless, they are still going down. Next they will want the letters F-R-E-M-U-S-I-C removed from keyboards.

Originally posted by Tati7:

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Well, If I say "Free Music at MegaUpload". Am I liable for saying that?

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Originally posted by emugamer:

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They are going down swinging I guess. Nevertheless, they are still going down. Next they will want the letters F-R-E-M-U-S-I-C removed from keyboards.

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edited by ddp what next? do these people even have the slightest grip on reallity? i guess not. now they actually want to censor information. if this succeeds big brother is finally here, albeit a few years late.

ill tell you whats next. theyll try and buy every company selling routers and ADSL modems and sell them at a premium and install probe chips on them as a default to track everything you do. and if they cant find proof your downloading music illegaly theyll plant the necessary evidence traffic in your data.

1.) They only found 38 sites with pirated music on google? I find 80,000 links by accident every time I search for anything. Most of the actual files are hosted by places like megashare, but most of the links on google go to websites where information/cover art are provided...and the megashare link is from there...to block all of these intermediary websites would mean blocking about a quarter of the internet...and most of the other 3/4 of links are porn.

Originally posted by hikaricor:

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i want a pony!

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Originally posted by hikaricor:

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i want a pony!

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" Google has often said they are not liable as they only index sites and list them, while not hosting any files "

Well that argument was used by countless BT and ed2k sites in the past but it didn't save them - it didn't save the original NewzBin either, they all got shafted in court so why should Google be any different ? Oh wait , silly me, Google has billions of dollars and can afford smart lawyers.

Being able to afford any lawyers at all puts them ahead of most of the cases.

i want two ponies

Two Ponies

my favorite search engine:

http://www.shareseeking.com/
http://megadownload.net/
http://www.hotfile123.com/
http://www.filestube.com/
http://filespump.com/

Mmmmm no no no assumes to much.... and establishs rules to create thought police. Instead focus on whos trying to make money off the IP in question and grind them int the ground for trying to do it illicitly.


But with that said can you make links to a file from a place not exempted illegal? What I am getting it a site that makes money off adds,ect that eventually links to infringing material sites like google get a pass as thats not the focus of their search system and some EDU sites can be exempted but if they are not exempted by the IP X,Y,Z panel they either have to fall under fair use or not make a dime off any kind of unlicensed copyright item trade.


This is what we need to focus our efforts on not sweeping the public under the rug....

so they want to scensor search results?, did these idiots not just see what happened in china? good luck bpi..

Sorry, no DIRECT LINKS on Google's results...you still have to click a download button (and maybe enter a CAPTCHA response).

Originally posted by xnonsuchx:

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Sorry, no DIRECT LINKS on Google's results...you still have to click a download button (and maybe enter a CAPTCHA response).

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Originally posted by Unlockneo:

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my favorite search engine:

http://www.shareseeking.com/
http://megadownload.net/
http://www.hotfile123.com/
http://www.filestube.com/
http://filespump.com/

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Anyone else starting to think that this has nothing to do with piracy? They are closing the channels of free speech every time they do something to "curtail piracy"...in the process, they create more piracy...the only reason they would keep doing this is if their goal was just to destroy free, anonymous communications. It probably won't be long before they outlaw VPNs.

...The thin end of the wedge. On the back of the DEB, the UK is now hurtling down the censor all freedom of information highway under the banner of 'copyright infringement'. Orwell was chillingly right, just a few years too early.

THIS IS SO LAME... SO ARE WE NOW GOING TO GO AFTER THE GUN MAKERS WHO MAKES THESE GUNS OR GO AFTER THE GUY WHO SHOT LITTLE JIMMY IN THE DRIVE-BY.

I guess having seminars on how and who should be...would help.

Originally posted by xnonsuchx:

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Sorry, no DIRECT LINKS on Google's results...you still have to click a download button (and maybe enter a CAPTCHA response).

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Originally posted by g_slide:

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THIS IS SO LAME... SO ARE WE NOW GOING TO GO AFTER THE GUN MAKERS WHO MAKES THESE GUNS OR GO AFTER THE GUY WHO SHOT LITTLE JIMMY IN THE DRIVE-BY.

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