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An easier all be it less ethical way to remove your info is just file a dmca takedown request with google. They are required to and will automatically take down
by dclusin 4y ago
An easier all be it less ethical way to remove your info is just file a dmca takedown request with google. They are required to and will automatically take down the reported page. There’s no verification and just your assertion that you own the copyright is enough to nuke any page from a search listing.
- account42 4y agoNot just completely unethical, but also illegal even if unlikely to be prosecuted.
- tluyben2 4y agoThey do ask the other side though no? Otherwise I can spider the competitor and their clients and just report all pages?
- eurasiantiger 4y agoThey don’t ask, they tell. The other side is expected to cease and desist, or file a ”counter DMCA” under perjury and expect to get sued by whomever filed the DMCA.
- newZWhoDis 4y ago>There’s no verification and just your assertion that you own the copyright is enough to nuke any page from a search listing. This is by design, and Google is complicit in that design
- smt88 4y agoDMCA was written before Google existed, so it's impossible for Google to have been complicit in its design.
- hayst4ck 4y agoThe law might have been written before google, but its interpretation and practical applications are decided by the courts which google has definitely been party to. I think it's fair to say that google has "designed" how the law has been interpreted and enforced.