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Google Copyright Infringement Reports 4X This Year

image from yachtpals.comThe battle against piracy appears to have moved from the court to the search engine.  The number of takedown requests that Google receives weekly has grown four times over the past two years from 200,000 reports filed weekly to 4.5 million weekly reports, according to a Statista analysis.  The Chart:

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  1. People just found out about this. So the numbers are right, but the implication is wrong. There isn’t a trend here. In two years we’ll see if this matters. Although in two years, someone will have likely solved the cause.

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