Google under fire for supporting pirate sites

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A host of media companies, including News Corp, Viacom, Sony, NBC Universal, Time Warner, and Walt Disney has accused Google of knowingly supporting sites that facilitate the distribution of pirated movies, according to an article by the Wall Street Journal (subscription required). The two sites—EasyDownloadCenter.com and TheDownloadPlace.com—allegedly generated $809,000 in revenue from Google AdSense ads between 2003 and 2005. As part of a civil lawsuit filed by movie studios against the sites' owners last year, the owners testified that Google representatives offered them credit and helped them select keywords like "bootleg movie download" for ads on Google's search engine.

Google isn't being sued over these claims, but the company announced on Friday that it had agreed to implement measures to avoid promoting piracy. Google told movie studios that it will remove certain ads the studios object to, make a list of approved advertisers, and not sell keywords that direct users to pirated material. Google also plans to monitor keywords internally and train its ad sales staff to not sell ads to pirate sites. (Thanks to Ars Technica for the tip.)

[lasanka]

ah tell em to bugger off google is my homepage!

[blood_brotha]

google rocks

[lasanka]

google rocks
welcome to elakiri bro.. well said google does rock!

[Anusha]

ah tell em to bugger off google is my homepage!
Hehe. One simple question though? Why do you have google.com as your homepage? All the browsers have a google search box ne.

[shanX]

Hehe. One simple question though? Why do you have google.com as your homepage? All the browsers have a google search box ne.
Well my home page is Google.com, reasons simply, no ads, a nice sight, so kwl! :yes:

And am making a livin of em ;)

[Anusha]

Well my home page is Google.com, reasons simply, no ads, a nice sight, so kwl! :yes:

And am making a livin of em ;)
What do you mean by "making a livin of em"?

[mlakmal]

What do you mean by "making a livin of em"?


eeka thamaa maath baluweee :confused:

[shanX]

What do you mean by "making a livin of em"?
Yeah off my websites, through their ads! :yes:

[mlakmal]

Yeah off my websites, through their ads! :yes:


eeeka misak .... i thought smethin else :rolleyes:

[MCLINER]

Well my home page is Google.com, reasons simply, no ads, a nice sight, so kwl! :yes:

And am making a livin of em ;)
& fast 2

[Anusha]

& fast 2
But you don't really have to have a home page, do you?

[Anusha]

Yeah off my websites, through their ads! :yes:
How does it work? I mean the google ads thing?

[shanX]

How does it work? I mean the google ads thing?
;) Ahem, Business secrets in public???

[shanX]

& fast 2
:yes:

[Anusha]

;) Ahem, Business secrets in public???
It won't affect you in anyway :rolleyes:
But if you don't want to tell, fine!

[Anusha]

How do I get started making money with Google AdSense? (http://www.askdavetaylor.com/how_do_i_get_started_making_money_with_google_adse nse.html)

[shanX]

It won't affect you in anyway :rolleyes:
But if you don't want to tell, fine!
Ok I'll take the fine :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Anusha]

So this is why you were concerned about posting other websites instead of yours. Hehe. I'm not gonna be lenient on you hereafter. :no:

[shanX]

How do I get started making money with Google AdSense? (http://www.askdavetaylor.com/how_do_i_get_started_making_money_with_google_adse nse.html)
Exactly!

They pay me when some one clicks on my site's Google Ads :yes:

[shanX]

So this is why you were concerned about posting other websites instead of yours. Hehe. I'm not gonna be lenient on you hereafter. :no:
Yeah Exactly!

If you prefer to do so, Lankawata lebena widesha winimaya aduwey :( :(

[Anusha]

Yeah Exactly!

If you prefer to do so, Lankawata lebena widesha winimaya aduwey :( :(
Huh? You are only concerned about your profit ne :rolleyes:

[MCLINER]

But you don't really have to have a home page, do you?
I dont hav da homepage
bt I hav da toolbar

[Anusha]

I dont hav da homepage
bt I hav da toolbar
:cool:

[shanX]

Huh? You are only concerned about your profit ne :rolleyes:
Hmmm. Yeah, and am jealous about other competing sites getting promoted :(

Anyway I told you earlier am getting a living off my sites :yes: , Cant u remember???

[Anusha]

Hmmm. Yeah, and am jealous about other competing sites getting promoted :(

Anyway I told you earlier am getting a living off my sites :yes: , Cant u remember???
Whateva!

[shanX]

Whateva!
Means wt?? :(

Do you think what am thinking is wrong? :confused: