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Title: Google Removed 749 Million Anna's Archive URLs From Its Search Results

Link: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/11/05/00182...

Google has delisted over 749 million URLs from Anna's Archive, a shadow
library and meta-search engine for pirated books, representing 5% of all
copyright takedown requests ever filed with the company. TorrentFreak
reports: Google's transparency report reveals that rightsholders asked Google
to remove 784 million URLs, divided over the three main Anna's Archive
domains. A small number were rejected, mainly because Google didn't index the
reported links, resulting in 749 million confirmed removals. The comparison
to sites such as The Pirate Bay isn't fair, as Anna's Archive has many more
pages in its archive and uses multiple country-specific subdomains. This
means that there's simply more content to take down. That said, in terms of
takedown activity, the site's three domain names clearly dwarf all pirate
competition. Since Google published its first transparency report in May
2012, rightsholders have flagged 15.1 billion allegedly infringing URLs.
That's a staggering number, but the fact that 5% of the total targeted Anna's
Archive URLs is remarkable. Penguin Random House and John Wiley & Sons
are the most active publishers targeting the site, but they are certainly not
alone. According to Google data, more than 1,000 authors or publishers have
sent DMCA notices targeting Anna's Archive domains. Yet, there appears to be
no end in sight. Rightsholders are reporting roughly 10 million new URLs per
week for the popular piracy library, so there is no shortage of content to
report.

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