I'd like for search engines to be highly and independently responsive to CP, spam, SEO gaming, fraud, malware, cyberstalking, cyberbullying, revenge pr0n,and similar threats. Relying on court orders would simply be too slow.
I'd also like for search engines to be responsive to propaganda and disinformation. This calls for a much more nuanced response than the first category, and is inherently political rather than merely criminal.
In the case of general copyright claims, specific targeted removals if executed reasonably and fairly, which quite arguably YouTube's ContentID is not, as an example, should be possible with a fairly minimal degree of legal mechanism (e.g., DMCA 512 takedowns under US law). Though that process should be amended to reduce abusive exploitation of such measures.
Delisting entire domains for copyright infringement absent a specific legal action ... moves into much stickier waters. Ultimately, torrent sites will likely have to provide their own well-known search alternative which is resistant to such threats. I'd like to see that possibility further developed.
(I'm aware that many such sites already claim the legal shield of serving as directories to content, not as hosters of that content themselves, which would inlcude The Pirate Bay itself.)
Widespread global civil disobedience in the face of overwhelmingly asymmetric and self-serving copyright legislation and case law is among the very few avenues the average citizenry have of voicing opposition to such laws. And that fact alone should carry great weight.
I'd like for search engines to be strongly resistant to removals based on overly-broad copyright claims,
I'd like for search engines to be highly and independently responsive to CP, spam, SEO gaming, fraud, malware, cyberstalking, cyberbullying, revenge pr0n,and similar threats. Relying on court orders would simply be too slow.
I'd also like for search engines to be responsive to propaganda and disinformation. This calls for a much more nuanced response than the first category, and is inherently political rather than merely criminal.
In the case of general copyright claims, specific targeted removals if executed reasonably and fairly, which quite arguably YouTube's ContentID is not, as an example, should be possible with a fairly minimal degree of legal mechanism (e.g., DMCA 512 takedowns under US law). Though that process should be amended to reduce abusive exploitation of such measures.
Delisting entire domains for copyright infringement absent a specific legal action ... moves into much stickier waters. Ultimately, torrent sites will likely have to provide their own well-known search alternative which is resistant to such threats. I'd like to see that possibility further developed.
(I'm aware that many such sites already claim the legal shield of serving as directories to content, not as hosters of that content themselves, which would inlcude The Pirate Bay itself.)
Widespread global civil disobedience in the face of overwhelmingly asymmetric and self-serving copyright legislation and case law is among the very few avenues the average citizenry have of voicing opposition to such laws. And that fact alone should carry great weight.
I'd like for search engines to be strongly resistant to removals based on overly-broad copyright claims,