YARR! Pirates walk the plank: DMCA magnets sink in Google results

Note to everyone

Don't use Google!

(other search engines are available eg. Ixquick,Duckduckgo)

Re: Note to self

Or look at Bing. It's what I've started doing, as there seem to be more and more Google searches where the results are not at all related to what I searched for.

Re: Note to self

"When looking for things in google, start at page two-three of the google result list."

I start about page 4 then you'll be well past the sponsored ads that have nothing to do with what you searched for in the first place

Re: Note to self

I don't know about anyone else but I always set my Google search defaults to 100 results per page. The article doesn't say if page two or three are results 20-30 and 30-40 or if they are 200-300 and 300-400. I find it much easier to scroll down a listing of 100 results than to have to click after every 10 and keep looking ;)

Re: "Piracy often arises when consumer demand goes unmet by legitimate supply"

You can always move country - you pirates are always making ridiculous excuses for your thefts!

Re: "Piracy often arises when consumer demand goes unmet by legitimate supply"

@AC

Stupidity? I would say that it is more greed and that sometimes blinds them.

The current benchmark in Australia is the astonishing deal that was made between HBO and Foxtel for Season 4 of Game of Thrones.

Previously, one could get the episodes via iTunes either individually or with a season pass (which amounted, sensibly, to about the same prince as a boxed-set) and you could do so shortly after they aired in the US. It was a reasonable situation.

For season 4, HBO signed a deal with Foxtel that saw it as the exclusive outlet for timely viewing. It could not longer be purchased and streamed and if you wanted to watch it as it was airing, your only choice was Foxtel.

The problem, of course, is that if you didn't already have Foxtel, you would have to sign-up to a contract, and purchase and add-on package, in the process paying ~$160/month for a whole slew of content you don't want, just to get the one thing you do.

It was utterly unreasonable and, predictably, illegal downloading went up.

This, again predictably, resulted in Foxtel bitching and moaning to the government to toughen up the laws.

Re: "Piracy often arises when consumer demand goes unmet by legitimate supply"

You wait. They'll come out in your country eventually.

Re: "Piracy often arises when consumer demand goes unmet by legitimate supply"

> So what about those who are not fulfilled by legitimate supply because of stupidity? Ie "Not available in your country"?

To be noted that such restrictions themselves may (depending on the numerous ifs and buts of each particular case) be themselves unlawful within the EU.

Re: Kids today don't know what it was like in the scene back in the day! Tch!

The Bay Area swinger community operates a similar 'bring a bottle' policy for people new to the lifestyle.

Re: Not a problem - I prefer privacy

"either agents for the NSA or have poor security"

It's a bit of both* depending on what day of the week it is and which way the wind is blowing.

* It's that slide where GCHQ thought it was *hilarious* they weren't crypting traffic between their DCs that still gets to me.

Re: I wonder if.....

You're not seriously suggesting that google give other people's sites a fair shot in rankings are you?

Re: Hang on ...

WTF is page 2 ???

isn't that that other model agency? you know? the one that's not Page 3 ;)