Court May Order Google to Censor ‘Torrent,’ ‘RapidShare’ and ‘Megaupload’
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Re: Court May Order Google to Censor ‘Torrent,’ ‘RapidShare’ and ‘Megaupload’
#2...from its Instant and Autocomplete services.
Still bad but not quite so bad. Actually, I'm a little worried about filtering Instant since that's effectively filtering all of search for many people.
And why bother with filtering Megaupload? It is dead.
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#3And people just change the names and the whole circus starts all over again.
I'm 100% against copyright infringement but this is energy in the wrong direction.
Re: Court May Order Google to Censor ‘Torrent,’ ‘RapidShare’ and ‘Megaupload’
#4...in France.
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#5I wonder if I had a business that sold legal torrents, would I be able to sue because they are being anti-competitive towards my business?
Re: Court May Order Google to Censor ‘Torrent,’ ‘RapidShare’ and ‘Megaupload’
#6...from its Instant and Autocomplete services. Still bad but not quite so bad. Actually, I'm a little worried about filtering Instant since that's effectively filtering all of search for many people. And why bother with filtering Megaupload? It is dead.
> And why bother with filtering Megaupload? It is dead.
The case has been argued in the lower courts, so it was probably included then as it was before the Megaupload takedown.
Re: Court May Order Google to Censor ‘Torrent,’ ‘RapidShare’ and ‘Megaupload’
#7...from its Instant and Autocomplete services. Still bad but not quite so bad. Actually, I'm a little worried about filtering Instant since that's effectively filtering all of search for many people. And why bother with filtering Megaupload? It is dead.
When something is "censored" from Instant, it just says "Press enter to search" rather than loading it automatically. Nobody who bothered to put "torrent" in the search box is going to be dissuaded by having to press one extra key to see the results.
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#8Interesting, so since the FBI seized the megaupload domain at the start of the year. Now apparently it is to be blocked by google thru a court order. Can the FBI be trusted to look after your domain you do have to wonder.
Will make for some interesting stories and legal angles down the line.
Re: Court May Order Google to Censor ‘Torrent,’ ‘RapidShare’ and ‘Megaupload’
#9...from its Instant and Autocomplete services. Still bad but not quite so bad. Actually, I'm a little worried about filtering Instant since that's effectively filtering all of search for many people. And why bother with filtering Megaupload? It is dead.
When something is "censored" from Instant, it just says "Press enter to search" rather than loading it automatically. Nobody who bothered to put "torrent" in the search box is going to be dissuaded by having to press one extra key to see the results.
Thank you for clarifying, I just assumed search results would be missing. Which now that I think about it doesn't make much sense.
Re: Court May Order Google to Censor ‘Torrent,’ ‘RapidShare’ and ‘Megaupload’
#10I wonder if I had a business that sold legal torrents, would I be able to sue because they are being anti-competitive towards my business?
No, Google is under no legal obligation whatsoever to link to your site, let alone promote your site/topic using keyword autocompletion or instant searches. There's more to the legal definition of "anti-competitive behavior" than "anything that hurts someone else's business", although it's vague enough that I can understand the confusion.