Warner Bros. Flags Its Own Website as a Piracy Portal
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[quote][i]Warner Bros. is vigorously trying to prevent pirated content from showing up in search results, but in doing so the movie studio has shot itself in the foot. Recently, Warner asked Google to take down several of its own pages, claiming that they are copyright-infringing.[/i]
The movie industry has gone head to head with Google in recent years, demanding tougher anti-piracy measures from the search engine.
According to Warner Bros. and other major studios, Google makes it too easy for its users to find pirated content. Instead, they would prefer Google to remove sites such as The Pirate Bay from search results entirely.
Warner itself is also taking action, by reporting pirated content to the search engine, asking it to be removed from the index. This year the movie studio intensified its efforts and thus far it has flagged over four million allegedly infringing URLs.
We use the term allegedly with good reason, as not all of the reports are accurate. In fact, this week we stumbled upon recent takedown requests that have some glaring errors.
With help from its anti-piracy partner Vobile, Warner asked Google to censor several of its own URLs from the search engine.
The screenshot below, taken from the [url=https://lumendatabase.org/notices/12882815]following DMCA notice[/url], lists the official Warner page of the 2008 Batman movie The Dark Knight among various reported pirate links
[img]https://torrentfreak.com/images/warnerbrosdarkknight.png[/img]
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[url]https://torrentfreak.com/warner-bros-flags-website-piracy-portal-160904/[/url]
Did they just Google "Dark Knight" and throw in everything on the first page? Amazon is in there too
[QUOTE=Durrsly;51002626]Did they just Google "Dark Knight" and throw in everything on the first page? Amazon is in there too[/QUOTE]
Sky's on there too. rogerebert.com is also on there.
when will media companies learn how to properly use the internet
[QUOTE=Ninja Gnome;51002632]when will media companies learn how to properly use the internet[/QUOTE]
they never will
I feel like Google should listen to them, and do exactly what they asked, just so they know how stupid they are.
[QUOTE=Ninja Gnome;51002632]when will media companies learn how to properly use the internet[/QUOTE]
About the time they're filled with people who actually use the internet for more than checking their email.
You'd probably see less shows and movies that treat technology like magic at the same time, too.
[QUOTE=kylejburke;51002860]I feel like Google should listen to them, and do exactly what they asked, just so they know how stupid they are.[/QUOTE]
I'd fucking die laughing if Google complied, removing their links.
They probably are fighting piracy real hard because no one would ever want to buy Murderman vs Mr Hypocrite.
This is a battle that Warner Bros. are gonna lose, at least from a strategic perspective. No matter how much legal action they might take, the harder they push the harder things will get.
Please, Google, only remove their links from your search until they realize how stupid they are.
[QUOTE=GordonZombie;51003342]This is a battle that Warner Bros. are gonna lose, at least from a strategic perspective. No matter how much legal action they might take, the harder they push the harder things will get.[/QUOTE]
I think their main problem is that they keep pushing harder and trying to play the victim as hard as possible. But they just end up tripping over their own toes and busting their face on the cold dead concrete which is their industry.
[QUOTE=GordonZombie;51003342]This is a battle that Warner Bros. are gonna lose, at least from a strategic perspective. No matter how much legal action they might take, the harder they push the harder things will get.[/QUOTE]
They know they will lose eventually, they just want to continue as long as they can sucking the teat for as much milk as they can get.
They want to keep the game running long enough for them to retire and earn the most out of their efforts, and then they don't care if things come crashing down after them. That is the entire mindset behind the MPAA and the RIAA and their underlying labels.
I'd love it if Google just said "well, then, since this is such a problem, why don't we just make 'Batman' a blocked search term? Don't worry, we've already done it because we want to protect you, kiss kiss". Anyone who searches for anything with the term "Batman" in it gets a screen that says, "Sorry, this search query contains terms that have been blocked in order to comply with copyright claims by Warner Bros. Inc." instead of any results at all.
They would be on the floor begging for mercy in three days. The Internet would be on fire with millions dead.
[QUOTE=Ninja Gnome;51002632]when will media companies learn how to properly use the internet[/QUOTE]
When older generations die out and younger generations brought on.
[QUOTE=elixwhitetail;51004571]They want to keep the game running long enough for them to retire and earn the most out of their efforts, and then they don't care if things come crashing down after them. That is the entire mindset behind the MPAA and the RIAA and their underlying labels.
I'd love it if Google just said "well, then, since this is such a problem, why don't we just make 'Batman' a blocked search term? Don't worry, we've already done it because we want to protect you, kiss kiss". Anyone who searches for anything with the term "Batman" in it gets a screen that says, "Sorry, this search query contains terms that have been blocked in order to comply with copyright claims by Warner Bros. Inc." instead of any results at all.
They would be on the floor begging for mercy in three days. The Internet would be on fire with millions dead.[/QUOTE]
Google loves cozying up to big business too much to do that
Google absolutely [I]should[/I] block those links to make a point - it shouldn't be their responsibility to sift through all of them anyway. Make Warner Bros be a little more careful next time.
[QUOTE=Dr. Evilcop;51005188]Google absolutely [I]should[/I] block those links to make a point - it shouldn't be their responsibility to sift through all of them anyway. Make Warner Bros be a little more careful next time.[/QUOTE]
There's to many other sites that would be affected. The other companies like Amazon did nothing to deserve this.
[QUOTE=Helix Snake;51005541]There's to many other sites that would be affected. The other companies like Amazon did nothing to deserve this.[/QUOTE]
Then hopefully those other companies like Amazon would kick up shit and tell Warner Bros to actually fucking check what they're asking before just shoving a box of links at Google and saying "Block plz".
Seems google is doing something by investigating all the links. Puts in a delay and probably pisses off warner for the submission taking so long. I assume they'll put "extra care" just to make the delay longer specifically so warner gets the hint.
[QUOTE=Teddybeer;51006281]Yeah google would get in deep shit for lost sales.[/QUOTE]
I don't think they could really be blamed when they're just complying with a DMCA request from the actual copyright owner.
[QUOTE=gk99;51003147]I'd fucking die laughing if Google complied, removing their links.[/QUOTE]
Then Warner Brothers would sue them. I guarantee it
[QUOTE=TheTalon;51007498]Then Warner Brothers would sue them. I guarantee it[/QUOTE]
Google complied to a demand by warner brothers, and then warner brothers would sue them?
Sure, thats how the legal system works.
Now the real questions- was it a bot or an intern?
[QUOTE=lapsus_;51007898]Now the real questions- was it a bot or an intern?[/QUOTE]
Probably a robot. There's no way a human, no matter how stupid they are would actually add their own website to the list. Or Amazon. Chances are a robot was told to start a google search for "dark knight" and compile it all into a list that would be sent over to Der Google.
With zero thought going into the ramifications of all of them being blocked without looking.
Probably wasn't just "dark knight" but "dark knight download" that caused all these links. Think about it; the official site would have "download new Dark Knight wallpapers!" on it, and Amazon would tout buying a digital download on the page. And what's the first thing someone about the age of a WB manager would think people Google to get illegal downloads? "Dark Knight Downloads".
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