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Originally Posted by Ninjalawyer
I hope Google's algorithm is excellent, or it could force down the rank of legitimate pages. New services are often on the receiving end of a lot of takedown requests. A recent example of where this can go wrong is the case of LendInk, a legitimate ebook sharing site that was taken down by the actions of an angry mob of authors.
I'd prefer Google not do this if it means legitimate services are ranked lower, but they can do whatever they like with their service. No doubt this move will help Google with some of its other negotiations with content creators.
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Yeah, that's always kind of the problem. I don't have much sympathy for pirates at all...but I tend to like proposed solutions to the problem even worse, since they tend to be overbroad and harm a lot more than just the pirates.
Still, Google doing this itself is probably going to be less harmful than a general governmentally imposed system that applies to everyone.