Movie Studios Ask Google To Censor Links To Legal Copies of Their Own Films

An anonymous reader writes "Several large movie studios have asked Google to take down legitimate pages related to their own films, including sites legally hosting, promoting, or discussing them. Victims of the takedown requests include sites where the content is hosted legally (Amazon, CBS, iTunes, Blockbuster, Verizon on demand, and Xfinity), newspapers discussing the content in question (the BBC, CNET, Forbes, The Huffington Post, The Guardian, The Independent, The Mirror, The Daily Mail, and Wired) as well as official Facebook Pages for the movies and TV shows and even their Wikipedia entries. There are also a number of legitimate links that appear to be completely unrelated to the content that is supposedly being protected. The good news is that Google has so far left many of the links up."

Re:Hm...

[organgtool]

And then people use Bing because they can't get to RottenTomatoes or IMDB through Google? And everyone says "Google is broken" and they show just how flippant they are when it comes to searching?

What's a Bing? Sorry, I'm just too lazy to Google it.

Re:It's BULLSHIT.

[organgtool]

I would recommend something like $150,000 per false request, but I think that most legislators, judges, and lawyers would surely find that figure to be absurd for a minor civil offense.

Bing It On!

[eldavojohn]

What's a Bing? Sorry, I'm just too lazy to Google it.

Oh, that's easy! I saw this hip new original television show called Hawaii Five-0 where the characters say "Bing it!" [youtube.com] and the dialog flows so naturally in this scene you just have to see it. And when she looks up Clifton Bowles, she just has to push in "C" and then "L" and Clifton Bowles autocompletes because, let's face it, everyone's searching for Clifton Bowles and "CL" is more than enough to complete that search!

Oh yeah, as a viewer that product placement was natural and unforced and subconsciously I find myself saying "Bing it!" more and more in everyday conversations. I've also found myself buying a lot of Bing Crosby CDs, planning my trip to Bing, Iran and drinking a lot of British Bing Cola ...

Re:Huh

[Impy the Impiuos Imp]

Hobbit movie, suckered in?

I don't know whether to mod your Hobbit post -1 Troll or +1 Troll.

Re:Huh

[NewtonsLaw]

"Tandy got its wish: nobody ever writes about Radio Shack computers today."

Except you, so it would appear :D

Re:Hm...

[PopeRatzo]

Why not redirect them to a page with the big US Federal Government graphic saying this page contains illegal content?

Why not redirect them to goatse?

I mean, as long as we're throwing out ideas..

Re:Huh

[rk]

I think there were +3 Trolls in that book, until the sun came up, then it was -3 Trolls.