Search engines are asked to de-list popular filesharing sites and give higher ranking to authorized sites

At a behind-closed-doors meeting facilitated by the UK Department for Culture, Media and Sport, copyright holders have handed out a list of demands to Google, Bing and Yahoo. To curb the growing piracy problem, Hollywood and the major music labels want the search engines to de-list popular filesharing sites such as The Pirate Bay, and give higher ranking to authorized sites.

[via TorrentFreak]

emily | 8:44 PM | Copypright Issues |
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