A Brazilian court decision released this week may yield a headache for Google Brazil. TV Globo has filed a lawsuit against the search engine in the country by facilitating access to "Unauthorized reproduction of content" and an assent to the station was issued yesterday. After being officially notified of the decision, Google will have 48 hours to remove links to pirated content on its search engine.
If Google accept the decision, will not be the first time that the search results will be artificially altered. When this happens, a warning usually at the bottom said some links have been removed at the request of detedores rights of the content. But if the period specified after notification of the links remain in the air, they will receive a fine of $ 5000 a day.
When IG technology, Google said only that "was not notified [the decision] and does not comment on specific cases," but knowing the history of the company in cases like this, no wonder if they make use of the decision. It is not usual Google bow your head and let anyone manipulate search results. And nor should it be.
Movement is repeated in U.S.
Not only in Brazil that Google is being forced to withdraw from seeking pirated content. Outside the company can be sued for antitrust practices by IFPI, the body that brings together the major studios of the music industry, by putting links to sites with pirated content over the sites of legitimate search results. A search for the song Born This Way, Lady Gaga, shows that it actually happens.
The problem is that the major studios that are part of IFPI already have access to a custom interface to remove the Google search links that potentially contains pirated content and has already managed to remove more than 460 000 links of any kind. And yet the IFPI does not think this tool is not enough, so plan a process type, an unprecedented legal.
In both cases, the companies involved want to force Google to further modify your results, just because it somehow helps you find pirated content. To me, this seems to be something a little pointless. They are ordinary users who send content to the web, but instead of companies going after them or use the removal tool of illegal search and YouTube, take a path in question and potentially slower (knowing the Brazilian justice system). And it looks more like a lazy attitude than anything else.
If Google accept the decision, will not be the first time that the search results will be artificially altered. When this happens, a warning usually at the bottom said some links have been removed at the request of detedores rights of the content. But if the period specified after notification of the links remain in the air, they will receive a fine of $ 5000 a day.
When IG technology, Google said only that "was not notified [the decision] and does not comment on specific cases," but knowing the history of the company in cases like this, no wonder if they make use of the decision. It is not usual Google bow your head and let anyone manipulate search results. And nor should it be.
Movement is repeated in U.S.
Not only in Brazil that Google is being forced to withdraw from seeking pirated content. Outside the company can be sued for antitrust practices by IFPI, the body that brings together the major studios of the music industry, by putting links to sites with pirated content over the sites of legitimate search results. A search for the song Born This Way, Lady Gaga, shows that it actually happens.
The problem is that the major studios that are part of IFPI already have access to a custom interface to remove the Google search links that potentially contains pirated content and has already managed to remove more than 460 000 links of any kind. And yet the IFPI does not think this tool is not enough, so plan a process type, an unprecedented legal.
In both cases, the companies involved want to force Google to further modify your results, just because it somehow helps you find pirated content. To me, this seems to be something a little pointless. They are ordinary users who send content to the web, but instead of companies going after them or use the removal tool of illegal search and YouTube, take a path in question and potentially slower (knowing the Brazilian justice system). And it looks more like a lazy attitude than anything else.
