Google Removing torrent Results, Open Source Search Engine Anyone?


	Google Removing torrent Results, Open Source Search Engine Anyone?

josefresco

8-10-2007 8:28 AM

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google, dmca, riaa, mpaa, search engine

josefresco says:

TorrentFreak has the story on Google censoring torrent search results. It's nothing new, as Google has been removing results for years on the requsts of various media companies like the RIAA/MPAA etc.

Which brings me to my call for an open source, offshore (possibly) search engine that allows the community to determine what gets censored.

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