Well This is a Real Piss-Off

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   eugbugposted 3 years ago

   Google won't remove content that clearly breaches copyright on Blogspot. I'm really furious about this. First they say they can't find the content and when I ask them to get a human to check it, they still can't find it. Then they send me this.
   
   "Hello,
   
   Thanks for reaching out to us.
   
   We've decided not to take action on this content. You could send your request straight to the individual who posted the content.
   
   If you need more information about the individual who posted the content, you'll need to serve us with valid legal process. For more information about this, contact us at google-legal-support@google.com from the U.S., or internationalcivil@google.com from outside the U.S.
   
   If you pursue legal action and the content is found to be illegal or ordered to be removed, you can send us the court order seeking removal using this form.
   
   Regards,
   
   The Google Team"

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   Jodahposted 3 years ago

   Eugene,
   That is pathetic by Google. I hope it is not a new policy and sign of things to come, that they just can’t be bothered removing copied content and expect the individuals to pursue it through court.

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   alexadryposted 3 years ago

   I got a similar response when dealing with somebody using my content on YouTube. The person who stole the content refused to take it down and I got a counternotification. Maybe that's what happened? According to Google' Copyright Help Center:  "When we receive a complete and valid takedown notice, we remove the content as the law requires. When we receive a valid counter notification we forward it to the person who requested the removal. If there is still a dispute it’s up to the parties involved to resolve the issue in court." Very frustrating.

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      eugbugposted 3 years agoin reply to this

      They didn't mention a counter-notification. I think they have to tell the person who made the original content that this has occurred. Initially they couldn't find the content and I can only presume that software initially does a comparison first and for some reason it fails to match and locate where the copied content occurs on a page. Come to think of it, the DMCA form does suggest adding the start sentence from copied content. I normally don't bother doing this and just give the title of my article and say it was copied. So maybe if text isn't supplied, the comparison check doesn't work and then they don't bother their arses to do it manually.

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         alexadryposted 3 years agoin reply to this

         It's such a pain that we have to go through so much just to defend our legitimate copyright! It only makes the process more frustrating. I sometimes wonder if they make it so difficult as a deterrent. I must confess, I got tired of filing DMCA against a website that has like 30 articles of mine. When I can, I do one or two, but doing more is such a tedious job. I hope you are able to win this!

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   PaulGoodman67posted 3 years ago

   That sounds bad. It's what happens when a corporation becomes too powerful, in my opinion. Google should have been split up years ago, with the blogging, advertising, email, and other arms being separated from the search engine business.

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