dvduval
msg:4237997 | 7:16 pm on Dec 2, 2010 (gmt 0) |
Nice, what is a "copyright takedown request"? If google is linking to warez site with illegal downloads of my software, can I do anything about it now?
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g1smd
msg:4238045 | 9:42 pm on Dec 2, 2010 (gmt 0) |
I still boggle at [google.com...] with tens of thousands of fake sites already removed by DMCA request, but with hundreds of thousands of fake sites still listed.
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koan
msg:4238064 | 10:31 pm on Dec 2, 2010 (gmt 0) |
I've always found blogspot and blogger to be among the worst offenders (especially with developing countries) and people use the readily available adsense program, so this is good news. No easy way to contact the blogger and a layout in non english language also makes it very difficult to communicate with the author first.
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dstiles
msg:4238076 | 10:48 pm on Dec 2, 2010 (gmt 0) |
Does that mean they are going to remove their preview pages from SERPS? No, thought not.
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outland88
msg:4238086 | 10:57 pm on Dec 2, 2010 (gmt 0) |
A couple of Article sites owners told me the DMCA filings had gone through the roof in the past six months. One said his requests had jumped 100 times over last years. A lot was attributable to automated submission software and the proliferation of these sites. Deal with the content thieves now and they post to 500 sites with a fake name pointing to a lone Adsense site. If the thieves post 20 pages of your content you can easily be looking at 10,000 DMCA filings. You can't touch the site where it’s pointed to because the stolen content is not on the hosted site.
It puts a whole new meaning to duplicate content in Google when 10-15 of these article sites have better PR than you and outrank your original content.
Plus add a global recession and more Chinese tossing there hat into the ring and you have one fine mess.
I don’t believe Google would have stepped up the process without some prodding from somewhere or feeling it was going to jeopardize Google Editions.
I’m utterly amazed the US government hasn’t stepped in and asked “Just how many frigging thousands of DMCA complaints have been filed against your Adsense program?”. You can’t keep hiding all this abuse while innocent people pay the price.
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chicagohh
msg:4238109 | 12:02 am on Dec 3, 2010 (gmt 0) |
Game on.
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MWpro
msg:4238186 | 4:11 am on Dec 3, 2010 (gmt 0) |
| I've always found blogspot and blogger to be among the worst offenders (especially with developing countries) and people use the readily available adsense program, so this is good news. No easy way to contact the blogger and a layout in non english language also makes it very difficult to communicate with the author first. |
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And what is worse is that these blogspot spam sites go right to the top because Google essentially subsidizes their rankings in the search engines as it is a Google service. Sickening.
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ChanandlerBong
msg:4238196 | 4:23 am on Dec 3, 2010 (gmt 0) |
this is a mess primarily of google's own making.
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graeme_p
msg:4238213 | 5:08 am on Dec 3, 2010 (gmt 0) |
I would like to see an example of plagiarised content out-ranking the original, other than on a big, well established site.
Are they also going to improve their response times to counter-notices? Otherwise we will see an increase in the the use of false claims to shut down competitors or critics.
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Wemmick
msg:4240371 | 1:00 am on Dec 9, 2010 (gmt 0) |
Huge problem with their policy, at least for small businesses: when I filed a DMCA complaint and gave links to articles that were stolen from my site and from other major sites like Cnet and IGN.com, Adsense said they would do nothing unless I:
| file an action seeking a court order to restrain the counter-notifier’s allegedly infringing activity |
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Now, this site only stole a handful of articles from me, so it's not worth my time to seek a court order, but the site is stealing hundreds of articles from Cnet and IGN, and still Adsense would take no action. It doesn't seem like they're being very proactive at all. I guess they're happy to make money on it until forced to stop doing so.
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outland88
msg:4241939 | 7:48 pm on Dec 13, 2010 (gmt 0) |
If you’re not the copyright holder you can’t file a complaint at least with Adsense. A lot of times sites don’t care if their material is stolen.
| Are they also going to improve their response times to counter-notices? Otherwise we will see an increase in the the use of false claims to shut down competitors or critics. |
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That one had me ROFL. As if that’s become some significant source of the problem on the Internet. You can probably count the number of DMCA counter-notifications on your fingers and most of those are from where they feel the law won’t reach out and grab them. If the DMCA notice could be filed anonymously it might be a problem but it’s the thieves who want to hide behind a wall of secrecy.
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