Monday, August 5, 2013

Search engines not seen as a major player in music piracy, despite the RIAA's claims

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For years, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has been harping on Google, saying the search giant makes it too easy for pirates to find and download music and media they haven't paid for. Despite continued pressure, there's some evidence that the RIAA continues to bark up the wrong tree — a new report from the nonprofit Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA) claims removing "undesirable" search results would not substantially alter or prevent piracy. "The solutions to online infringement have little to do with search," the report goes on to state. The study found that copyright-infringing sites receive little traffic from search, and evidence supports the notion that search terms like "mp3" or...


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