Monday 12 September 2016
Google wants you to explore the magical world of copyright takedown requests by offering new data if you want to jump in. A new Google site prominently lists how many URLs Google has removed — 1.75 billion so far. Previously reporters had to compile such data themeselves. You can also browse how few requests were actually denied. Around 40 million takedown requests were rejected, which is 2.1 percent of the total requests. Another 16 million requests were duplicates. These numbers are astronomical. It’s staggering how many requests Google has to process, and every request faces a four-step process: Copyright owners…
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