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[ NNSquad ] Copyright Industry Calls For Broad Search Engine Censorship
Copyright Industry Calls For Broad Search Engine Censorship
http://j.mp/xif2ub (TorrentFreak)
"The document, which describes a government-overlooked "Voluntary Code
of Practice" for search engines, was not intended for public
consumption but the Open Rights Group obtained it through a Freedom of
Information (FOI) request. In short, the rightsholders want the
search engines to make substantial changes so that pirated content
becomes harder to find, or is de-listed entirely. In addition, they
want to boost the rankings of licensed content. Below are the three
new measures they propose. Assign lower rankings to sites that
repeatedly make available unlicensed content in breach of copyright
Prioritize websites that obtain certification as a licensed site under
a recognised scheme Stop indexing websites that are subject to court
orders while establishing suitable procedures to de-index
substantially infringing sites
...
Not surprisingly, there is no mention of the collateral damage that
such a broad filter would bring with it - many artists and other
legitimate individuals are known to use these websites to share their
works. The document further details how many of the top search
results for music, movies and books currently link to pirated copies.
In order to stop this, the rightsholders propose that Google and other
search engines systematically assign a lower ranking to possibly
infringing pages."
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--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org
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