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UK Government Wants Google To Police Copyright

Posted by timothy on Tuesday September 13, 2011 @03:03AM from the now-that's-creative-outsourcing dept.

judgecorp writes "the UK's culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt will this week ask Google to stifle sites deemed to be pirates, pushing them down the listing and cutting off their advertising revenues. The UK government has already outlined plans to make ISPs police copyright breaches by users."

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Re:You have to follow laws by Extremus · 2011-09-13 03:15 · Score: 5, Insightful

The arguments for decreasing freedom in order to protect human rights are MUCH more compelling than the arguments for slashing freedom in order to protect corporate interests.
This just in... by ace37 · 2011-09-13 03:19 · Score: 5, Insightful

Due to the extensive illegal use of their product, police have asked Remington to stop the Mexican drug trade.
Re:You have to follow laws by scottbomb · 2011-09-13 03:38 · Score: 5, Interesting

It's not Google's (or any other search engine's) responsibility to enforce all laws of all countries. They're a search engine, not cops. Let the police do their own dirty work.