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This Open Source Extension Displays Hidden Google Search Results

Google receives tonnes of requests from copyright holders daily for removing infringing content. The company then analyzes the received requests and removes the content that violates copyright claims. The number of DMCA notices received by Google has increased manifold over time. As reported by TorrentFreak, content creators have asked Google to remove over four billion pirate links till date. Whenever Google removes links from […]

DMCA EXEMPTIONS LIFT HACKING RESTRICTIONS

White hat hackers can breathe a little easier for the next two years because of a temporary removal of restrictions imposed on hacking of everything from cars, medical devices, to smart home appliances. Last week the U.S. Copyright Office temporarily removed certain restrictions imposed by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) that had long prevented […]

How Google Fights Piracy? 523,000,000 Pirate Links Removed In 2016

Short Bytes: Copyright holders running after pirates is not a new tune to our ears. Google, the biggest search engine provider on the planet, publishes regular reports of their fight against removing pirated content. They’ve managed to blank out around 523 million links from Google Search this year and will continue to remove more of […]

Movie Studios Repeatedly Report Their Own 127.0.0.1 Localhost for Piracy

The torrent pirates that keep hurting the million-dollar movie studios by uploading the data using their torrent clients are their biggest enemies of movie industry. To keep an eye on such activities, probably movie studios have some kind of system to scan for their movies on torrent. They collect these links and submit them to […]