Yet this begs the question: Does Google have the ability to “blacklist” your website?Īpparently, it does. Once again, this is Google claiming that it has discretion in an area of the law that does not provide any basis for exercising discretion, as previously discussed in a prior bog post. “We’ve designed a variety of policies to comply with the requirements of the law, while weeding out false positives and material that’s too remote from infringing activity.” 6 5 Why not remove them all? According to the website Torrent Freak, Google said: 4 Google removed 21 and left another 60 up and operating. On November 13, 2014, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) sent a request to Google to blacklist 81 separate web domains. 2 In addition, it is alleged by e-ventures that new websites they created were also immediately blacklisted by Google. 1 The Plaintiff, e-ventures Worldwide, a search engine optimization service (known as a SEO) alleged that Google had permanently blacklisted 231 of its websites.
On November 4, 2014, a lawsuit was filed against Google in the Federal District Court for the Middle District of Florida, alleging violations of the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act. Recent developments have brought the issue of Google’s “blacklisting” web sites to the forefront of the debate over the continuing problem of Google turning a blind eye to copyright infringement. Google Blacklists 10,000 Sites a Day Why Doesn’t It Blacklist Pirate Sites?
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