Posted on 09/02/2003 9:34:50 AM PDT by chance33_98
Google sucked into RIAA/P2P fight
By Dinah Greek [02-09-2003] Search firm removes links to certain P2P sites following complaint from Kazaa creators
Popular search engine Google has been sucked into the ongoing legal battle between the Recording Industry of America (RIAA) and peer-to-peer sites (P2P). Following a court ruling in favour of the RIAA, Sharman Networks, the developers of the popular Kazaa P2P site, sent a letter to Google requesting that it remove links to certain sites.
Fifteen sites are thought to be in breach of the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), and are said by Sharman Networks to be running unauthorised copies of its Kazaa P2P software.
The letter demanded that Google should "immediately remove or disable all access to the infringing material".
Google has now removed the URLs from its search listings.
In a statement posted at the foot of its search results, Google said: "In response to a complaint we received under the DMCA, we have removed eight result(s) from this page. If you wish, you may read the DMCA complaint for these removed results."
Google has also posted a link to the letter from Sharman.
It has listed the full URLs of the sites it has removed, of which all but three still worked when tested by vnunet.com.
It has listed the full URLs of the sites it has removed, of which all but three still worked when tested by vnunet.com.
Hoisted on their own petard. Their complaint lists all the sites anyway, and the publicity of the petition will only drive more traffic to them.
So you're saying you have a logon for DU??? Hmmmm...
The minute the RIAA supports the idea that I can turn in my copies of vinyl and cassette for CDs, or that I can copy my DVDs for backup purposes, I'll start seeing things their way.
Otherwise, they're just a monopoly who is smarter than the pseudo-monopoly Microsoft - they knew to buy off the politicians before they went for the jugular.
So when you buy a copy of a book, the publisher also has to supply free copies in any other medium you wish? Why?
or that I can copy my DVDs for backup purposes...
When you buy other products do you get a free copy thrown in with the deal? Like, 2 coffee makers, in case the first one breaks down? DVD's and CD's are among the most durable products you can purchase; why do you need a backup?
Your mind is made up. You're not debating - anyone could answer the question you posed. You shilling for money or for free?
If anyone could answer the question I posed, why didn't you?
Obviously a fictious RIAA industry a**hole who doesn't have children or grandchildren. Or as my wife says a lot: "I can't have anything nice".
You know, this "thief" gets tired of the disingenuous "arguments" put up on the RIAA threads. Effing "Jack Wilson" acts likes he's never seen a child or grandchild In The Form Of The Destructor (to borrow a phrase from Ghostbusters).
**sigh** I suppose that is a "copyright violation" also. ;-)
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