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Universal Pictures Wants To Remove Localhost and IMDB Pages From Google Results

Posted by timothy on from the start-with-your-own-browsers-fellas dept.

Artem Tashkinov writes: We've all known for a very long time that DCMA takedown requests are often dubious and even more often outright wrong but in a new turn of events a Universal Pictures contractor which does web censorship has requested a takedown of an IMDB page and the 127.0.0.1 address. I myself has seen numerous times that pages which barely include the title of an infringing work of art get removed from search engines.

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  1. Redirecting 127.0.0.1 by Galaga88 · · Score: 5, Funny

    That 127.0.0.1 site is nothing but trouble. That's why I redirect it in my HOSTS file to localhost.

    1. Re:Redirecting 127.0.0.1 by Galaga88 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Quite the opposite, I hope?

      I try not to let technical details get in the way of a lame joke.

    2. Re:Redirecting 127.0.0.1 by Rei · · Score: 5, Funny

      127.0.0.1 is clearly unresponsible to DMCA takedown efforts; legal approaches simply won't suffice. I recommend that Universal Pictures launch a coordinated effort hack into it using as many computers as possible, gain root access, and write over its hard drive.

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    3. Re:Redirecting 127.0.0.1 by wonkey_monkey · · Score: 5, Funny

      It's clearly run by some scumbag hacker. I just went there, and he had all my files!

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    4. Re:Redirecting 127.0.0.1 by cdrudge · · Score: 5, Funny

      I just went there too. You have some really sick stuff, pervert!

    5. Re:Redirecting 127.0.0.1 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      i launched a DOS attack on 127.0.0.1, i'm not sure how effective it will be though for some reason my computer has suddenly gotten really really slow.

    6. Re:Redirecting 127.0.0.1 by Kris+Warkentin · · Score: 4, Funny

      I checked 127.0.0.1 and didn't see any IMDB pages. I can see why they'd want it taken down though. It had a bunch of sick German ScheissePorn and some goat porn as well. I already had all of it though.

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    7. Re:Redirecting 127.0.0.1 by TWX · · Score: 4, Funny

      Relevant quote from bash.org...

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    8. Re:Redirecting 127.0.0.1 by The+Rizz · · Score: 3, Funny

      i launched a DOS attack on 127.0.0.1, i'm not sure how effective it will be though for some reason my computer has suddenly gotten really really slow.

      A DOS attack? Dude, it's 2015 - you gotta upgrade that shit to a Windows attack.

    9. Re:Redirecting 127.0.0.1 by Opyros · · Score: 3, Funny

      Are you by any chance the city manager of Tuttle, Oklahoma?

  2. The infringement is coming by wiredog · · Score: 5, Funny

    from INSIDE THE HOUSE!

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  3. johnny depp by Sneftel · · Score: 5, Funny

    I checked out that site, and it's clearly infringing on Universal Pictures' recent film "You Have Successfully Installed Apache".

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  4. Re:torrentfreak anyone? by Rei · · Score: 4, Funny

    Google should interpret Universal's request to delist "127.0.0.1" as "We want you to delist us" and promptly oblige ;)

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  5. Here kitty kitty.... by freeze128 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I myself has seen numerous times that pages which barely include the title of an infringing work of art get removed from search engines.

    Does you yourself has cheezburger?

  6. Re:Not Stupid Enough by Barny · · Score: 4, Funny

    You just gave me a great idea for a way to index torrents...

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