[powertower]

This is not true at all and I would love to see you back it up with a credible source.

This has been covered over and over again...

A significant portion of those sites would not exist without AdSense revenue to cover costs and make a profit.

[smokeyj]

If the revenue from pirate sites disappeared Google wouldn't even blink. The pain in the ass is regulatory compliance. Hollywood wants IP enforced on Google's dime/technology, and Google doesn't want to be their bitch.

[powertower]

Just an example...

When I used Google AdWords, 30% of the clicks came from Google "content partners" which where nothing more than link farms. I'd say that was a significant source of revenue for Google... So much so that Google even put up its own parked domain service to further its profits.

If Google was "good", they would have either got rid of this 8 years ago, or never got into it in the first place.

Don't underestimate the amount of revenue Google generates from fraud.

[electromagnetic]

Justify with evidence please. Don't go spouting slanderous statements and have nothing to back them up with. If it's as obvious as you seem to be claiming then you shouldn't have any trouble backing up your point.

Google's policy isn't to be "good", it's to "do no evil" and they are very, very different things. This legislation is dangerous like a bomb. If you integrate a system that can drop an IP address from global DNS servers at will, then things are very dire.

Wikileaks got taken down enough as it was, but no one would have heard a peep if the DNS was dropped in seconds of being noticed.

Next step would be to force search providers to recognize 'infringing text' and have the DNS immediately taken down to stop the Streisand Effect.

Hello Egypt, Syria, heck the Middle Eastern Despots, you'll all have promising new positions in the US government very, very soon!

[jussij]

> Justify with evidence please.

Just one example, do a search and you'll find many more:

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_40/b4003001....

[danssig]

>Google's policy isn't to be "good", it's to "do no evil"

This isn't their policy, it's just a meaningless motto. Google is in this fight because it will financially impact them. There not doing it because they care about us.

[nl]

link farm != pirate site