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How The DMCA Affects Search Engines

Posted by timothy on from the details-and-semantics dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Here is an interesting article regarding the application of the DMCA safe harbor provisions to search engines. This is what causes Google to remove links from its search results and to put a disclaimer at the bottom of the page stating "In response to a complaint we received under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, we have removed [x] result(s) from this page." The article is published in the Virginia Journal of Law and Technology, and there is a direct link to a pdf version of the article."

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  1. I wrote a paper about this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    But a search engine I can't name made me take it down because it includes information on circumventing their search technology to find DMCA information.

  2. Phew! by spangineer · · Score: 5, Funny

    Thank goodness the 23 page article has an abstract.

  3. Slashdot users violating SCO's IP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dear Slashdot users,

    If you would like permission to legally view the content of search engines such as Google, contact SCO licensing where we can provide individual licenses for only $699 per search engine or a bulk license of $10^699 for all search engines.

    If you do not comply I will publicly brand you a Linus long-hair and GNU hippy, and will ask Microsoft for money to sue you with.

    Yours faithfully,

    Darl McBride,

    CEO SCO Inc.

  4. Re:what i love though... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    have to scroll through the claim tha tit's infringing

    I type porn keywords so often that and I cunt spell right either.