Google Snark (Paris Hilton Sex Tape Update)
Look what happens if you Google for Paris Hilton Sex Tape:
In response to a complaint we received under the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act, we have removed 1 result(s) from this page. If you wish, you may read the DMCA complaint that caused the removal(s) at ChillingEffects.org.
Never let it be said that Jim Salomon isn't anything but the height of reasonableness:
Remember, the longer you take, the more your unlawful conduct damages us and the more you incentivize the infringer / fraudster for the next time!
Why does it take many hours for Google to remove an infringing site? By contrast---for example — it only takes EBay/PayPal a matter of minutes (even on a Sunday) to terminate PayPal accounts — associated with infringing sites — in response to my similar reasonable demands.
In any event, I rather like Google's response: take down the link, but show to the world just what kind of person is making these demands.
Comments
I seem to recall early in the days of this blog you discovered it appeared on the first page of Google hits for "paris hilton". Are you trying to recover that position ? ;-)
Posted by: Bateleur | February 21, 2006 05:19 AM
I would also note that in the complaint that they post, it lists all of the links that have been taken down from the search. So if one is deterermined to find their Paris tape fix while circumventing Salomon they are all listed together in the complaint.
egeefPosted by: Matt Warner | February 21, 2006 07:04 AM
Bat:
Slightly more subtle. Obviously I'm nowhere near the top for "Paris Hilton Sex Tape" anymore, but you'd be shocked how many hits I get from such searches. Rather, I'm trying to figure out whether the internal link from this post does anything for the rankings of the prior post. Good catch, though, on my Google experimentation.
Matt:
xvavdapYes, that's particularly cute.
Posted by: A. Rickey | February 21, 2006 10:35 AM
The joys of the internet and porn, does anybody else miss the good ol days of the Pam and Tommy Lee sex tape, when you could find it everywhere and for free. Stupid internet evolution, the need to go back to the early days when porn was unprotected and free like it was when I was 14.
Posted by: Ginzer | February 21, 2006 10:04 PM