Google To Block Piracy-Related Terms From Autocomplete 275
An anonymous reader writes "Google is making changes in the way it presents web search results to try to exclude links that may be tied to pirated content. In a move enthusiastically praised by the RIAA, Google says it will not include terms closely associated with piracy from appearing via autocomplete. The company acknowledged that it can be hard to know what terms are being used to find infringing content, but 'we'll do our best to prevent Autocomplete from displaying the terms most frequently used for that purpose.'"
Re:Less Popular (Score:4, Informative)
Re:google can... (Score:5, Informative)
Google search is basically a shopping catalog now. Here is where you go when you want INFORMATION:
I'm OK with this.. (Score:4, Informative)
Autocomplete, guys, not the actual search... (Score:4, Informative)
So if, for example, you start typing "call of duty 7 cra", it's not going to offer "crack", but it will offer "crazy", "crap", etc. Anyone looking for a crack is going to take the extra second to type it out and press enter. This isn't actually going to deter anyone.
Re:Lapdog (Score:3, Informative)
I realize Slashdot has become a piracy advocacy site in the last few years
Wrong. It was only very very recently (like maybe 3-4 years ago) that the first persons who opposed software and media piracy (for personal use) started to even appear on tech forums. Before that it wasn't even something that you talked about in terms of right and wrong. Everybody(!) only talked about what was technically possible and how to do it, as if the concept of copyright didn't even exist. I've been "online" since the 80s (BBS:es, Fidonet, Internet) and the first time I even saw or heard a person (not corporation) mention piracy in negative terms was like 4 or 5 years ago.
Re:google can... (Score:4, Informative)
Wow, thanks.
I actually rarely ever type anything in Google's search box. I use a Quicksearch set up in Firefox instead and just type "g " in the address bar. It just occurred to me I can add the "-buy -purchase -price -shop" as part of the bookmark the quicksearch runs off of and get those terms added to pretty much all my searches automatically now with no change in my searching behavior. The bookmark simply becomes http://www.google.com/search?&q=%25s+-buy+-purchase+-price+-shop [google.com]