[zamalek]

I think it would be possibly anti-competitive.

However, Google already attempts to reward original content so if they could do it algorithmically to everyone (hence not disrupting the competitive marketplace) I think they'd be able to claim "oops."

[tomjen3]

They could just choose to reward rankings to the original movie, which means Hollywood will have to make movies that are not just reboots or sequels.

[bmelton]

Until someone subpoenas their emails and sees a discussion in which the act is deliberate, during which case it's anti-competitive.

"Oops" only works when there's no proof, and it's hard to hvae an absence of proof in something that would take so much orchestration.