Top 50 Copyrighted Videos Google is Pirating

Nice ! I am the first to comment !

Damn, I’m second. Story of my life

Lawyers threatening libel suit in 3… 2… 1…

(Or can you prove that *GOOGLE* is pirating anything, as your title states?)

:O this is amazing! i’m not surprised though… google pwns the world

uh oh. Google owes Michael Moore 739,711*$10=$7.4MM. Time for his next film, Flicko

wait.. i only see 10… i thought the post said “top 50″
where are the other 40?

http://www.nlpc.org/view.asp?a.....p;aid=2082
nevermind.. i didn’t read the entire post… i found the link at the bottom of the post. lol st00pid me

According to Urban Dictionary, Google Pwn is defined as “Google searching the name of a friend, and revealing any embarassing findings in an away message.”

It should be noted that the NLPC is a right-wing group that files rather egregious lawsuits against traditionally liberal or Democratic groups (George Soros, Rep. Pelosi, Sen. Lieberman, Al Sharpton) on a regular basis. While they may have published an interesting bit of information, the link they attempt to draw between Google and “piracy” is tenuous at best.

The NLPC sounds like a conservative think-tank, potentially astroturf (no list of supporters, no idea where their funding comes from), from their web site. Your headline sounds like a scare tactic.

“Google Pwn is defined as “Google searching the name of a friend, and revealing any embarassing findings in an away message.””

I don’t think anyone actually does that. I can’t even be sure you didn’t just go add that in. Also, thanks for the gestapo post.

In the words of AliG, r.e.s.t.e.c.k.p.a!

snitch

You shouldn’t be able to sue someone for indexing content. Its impractical for Google to manage what is legal or not. Companies need to pursue the pirates themselves, if anyone.

Only part one for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire? Consider it a really long preview.

To be honest, I don’t understand the purpose of pirating movies. The quality is so low it’s amazing anyone watches them.

-Chris
http://www.nerdcouncil.com

Thanks for posting…again…newsworthy because?

Title is inflammatory baiting. You can do better than this. What’s next, will e-mailing a link to pirated material be considered piracy?

NLPC’s position is entirely idiotic. Don’t they realize that *every* word and *every* video posted/published on the internet, from the most pointless blog to the stupidest coke/mentos video, is protected by copyright? As such any search engine that allows the public to search for content is “helping” users to pirate that content. If that is the basis for suit then all search engines are illegal. Give me a break!

Here’s common sense question for Viacom.
They would avoid or ignore my question almost every day and my emails.

Okay, RIAA say you can’t download anything into computer. Pirating videos at Youtube — No users actually download video or store cache into internet driver.

How can Viacom sue youtube viewers for violating copyright?

What is difference between TV and Youtube?

use http://www.isohunt
Use DVDShrink 3.2 for DVDs
DVDfabDcrypter works for Sony Protection
Use IP hider before downloading
If you download often, go out and pick up something to share. Seed, don’t Leech!

Google and Youtube contain lots of copyrighted content. I wrote on music piracy which is increasing. I can see many music video available for free on youtube.

Hi TC,
This Tom Anderson, Product Manager of Google Pirate, glad you all are enjoying the efforts we’ve made at GP over the last year. We are a small subsidiary operating based out of Sweden. Keep your pants on as we roll out the largest collection of low quality video ever seen on the web over the coming months.

Do No Evil!

Oh Sweet, I haven’t seen twin warriors in years! Thanks.

This so tired!

You can’t accuse a search engine of facilitating the pirating of copyrighted material without admiting that they are also facilitating law enforcement/copyright holders in finding the individuals/sites responsible.

youtube has also been in trouble for hosting copyright stuff…

ORLY?

YARLY.

Oh no. If only you hadn’t *linked* to the videos that you previously stated were pirated–Google removes the links from their index once they realize they’re not licensed. Liability upon actual knowledge–that’s the law, which Google spends considerable resources following. Unlike TechCrunch–now you’re going to be in jail longer than Sergey, or at least have some idiotic blogger trying to create an untenable scandal using your post.

I’m sure we’ll all have more sympathy (maybe even visit you in jail) once the movie studios start even attempting to be capitalists and enable consumers to pay for content using modern distribution mechanisms. Or at the very least they should leak some focus group studies that give a tenable argument as to why they can’t make more money charging the consumer while the consumer takes on the entire cost of distribution. The mind reels. Pun intended.

Its unbelievable. Google… No chance

Google just finds content and publishes links to it. If Google is guilty, then so are you, Mr. Gonzalez! You just published links to copyrighted material! And specifically pointed out how it’s unethical!

Isn’t it funny to realize shortly after reviewing the annual reports of google that 5% of google is owned by Time Warner and 90% is owned by AOL which is owned by Time Warner… ahem…. shoulnd’t someone suit AOL for the infringement by now then??? Just an idea to finally slap them all in the same basket.

I would totally start saying how this isn’t web2.0 and your just Google bashing becuase they didnt come out of Ycombinator …

But ….

I love ALi G

The actual infringement that is being done by the user that has made the copyrighted material publicly available. One thing you must understand is that all authored works, whether it is someones personal blog or a commercial website is copyrighted material unless they place it in the public domain. So it could be said that 90% or more of what Google links too is copyrighted material. Even this site is copyrighted by TechCrunch and yet Google can link too it.

In the case of YouTube, YouTube is hosting the files that users upload. There is a large amount of unauthorized material on YouTube, but there is also plenty of legitimate use going on. You can’t blame YouTube for the actions of its subscribers, only for not taking reasonable steps to remove the infringing material once its been notified.

There is no clear right or wrong in this scenario. That’s the problem.

i nit you servicies

Google isn’t pirating anything. It’s the users who submit the content.
It’s like if someone robs someone in my building, did i rob someone? No.

All I have to say is wow, another group of people trying to sue Google. The DMCA is getting mad that people are pirating content yet people are only streaming the videos. So if I watch a movie at my friends house, would that be copyright infringement? I don’t think so. Maybe the DMCA will stop complaining and enjoy that they are making tons of money off of movies in the theatre and other services. The DMCA should stop bothering people and realize that everyone at least puts one thing on the internet.

I agree that You shouldn’t be able to sue someone for indexing content. That issue alone for google is impractical if not impossible for Google to manage what would be legal or not. They have to figure out some way to work with the media companies better to avoid this bad publicity and have some bullets to fire back, showing what they have done to combat the piracy taking place on their sites.

The big difference here is that Google doesn’t always host the content users find, they only facilitate finding it.

The same was true for Napster, if I remember correctly and they have never been the same.