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Google targeted by BPI for linking to illegal downloads

Recording industry association sends cease-and-desist order to search engine, asking it to remove links to infringing websitesBritain's biggest recording industry association, the BPI, has sent a cease-and-desist order to Google, asking the search engine to take down links to nine "one-click hosting" sites, each of which hosts thousands of illegal songs.The BPI's complaint cites 38 links "that are available via Google's search engine, and [requests these] links be removed as soon a possible as t...

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09:07 on June 22 2010

Google targeted by BPI for linking to illegal downloads

Guardian Music — Recording industry association sends cease-and-desist order to search engine, asking it to remove links to infringing websitesBritain's biggest recording industry associa... more info
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