> But the question is, why is Google acting like judge and executioner? Because there are lots of people who make sites that are essentially pirate content + a

> But the question is, why is Google acting like judge and executioner? Because there are lots of people who make sites that are essentially pirate content + ads and there are lots of people who will sue Google if they find them sending money to a pirate site. I'm assuming this was an algorithmic mistake, but you can understand how it's hard for them to research the copyright status of each thing. I mean, hypothetically, what if this guy was lying about it being his own work, or the copyright was disputed by someone? Google ends up in the middle of it and there's no real upside for them, because there are a lot of people who are quite simply out to get Google over copyrights.