Google Search’s DMCA Transparency Report Resumes, Adds 2.1 Billion ‘Pirate’ URLs
In the spring of 2012, Google formally launched its Copyright Transparency Report, sharing details on all copyright-related removal requests, including the targeted links and their senders. In the years that followed, the number of reported URLs increased significantly. The company processed its five billionth DMCA takedown notice almost a decade later in 2021. At the time, it appeared that the upward trends had reversed, with the...
