Google removes torrent terms from autocomplete results

Posted on Thursday, January 27 2011 @ 18:45 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck

The Register notes Google has removed torrent and other filesharing related terms from autocomplete search results, keeping true on its promise to get tougher on copyright infringement.

The company said in December that it would play nice with the big name record labels, TV networks, and movie studios, by providing better protection against piracy on the interwebs.

Accordingly, various search terms and file-sharing websites have now been erased from Google's not-altogether spotless mind.

TorrentFreak reports that Google has killed terms such as 'BitTorrent', 'utorrent', 'torrent', 'Rapidshare' and 'Megaupload' from its instant and autocomplete services.

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