p2pnet view P2P | RIAA:- Since it began its sue ‘em all campaign in 2003, the RIAA has threatened some 30,000-40,000 American families with with spurious ‘settlement’ offers under which it says it’ll go away if the victims pay them upwards of $3,000.

‘RIAA’ is short for Recording Industry Association of America, even though three of its four owners aren’t even vaguely American.

The RIAA services Vivendi Universal (France), Sony (Japan), EMI (Britain), and Warner Music (US, but controlled by a Canadian).

The Big 4 use it to to falsely claim they’re being ruined by file sharers: that files shared online equal sales lost, with “devastating” results for them and their hundreds of directly and indirectly associated labels.

But it only goes after little people who can’t afford to defend themselves.

Ask giant US online advertising company Google.

As p2pnet has pointed out a number of times, while the entertainment cartels assault the likes of The Pirate Bay, accusing them of facilitating online file sharing, they leave Google, the most egregious offender of them all, virtually alone, ‘complaint’ notices notwithstanding.

According to Chilling Effects, for almost a year the RIAA has been sending “Alleged infringement of recorded music copyrights” DMCA notices to Google. They run from August 3, 2009, to July 30, 2010.

It’s had not one, not two, but 111 — that’s one hundred and eleven — notices, and there are also two from February and May, 2007.

The first item on the July 30, 2010, ‘complaint’ is http://beathearts.blogspot.com/2010/07/jazmine-sullivan-holding-you-down-going.html. A Google search shows >>>

“RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google — Chilling Effects …” – says Google.
[ http://www.google.ca/#hl=en&q=http%3A%2F%2Fbeathearts.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F07%2Fjazmine-sullivan-holding-you-down-going.html&fp=e30f1d84ada87c6 ]
30 Jul 2010 … RIAA Sent by: VP, Online Anti-Piracy Washington, DC, 20004, USA. Recipient Information: Google, Inc. Mountain View, CA, USA. Sent via: email … www.chillingeffects.org/dmca512c/notice.cgi?NoticeID=43669 – Cached

Jazmine wasn’t there, but http://beathearts.blogspot.com/ was still alive and well at 4:00 am Pacific this morning. So it appears Google may be acting on specific notices.

But “About 439,000 results” flowed from a Google search for jazmine-sullivan-holding-you-down-going.html, and on my second try, I downloaded an mp3 of the song directly from a Google link, no problem.

And there are literally millions of other links to other songs which can be easily and readily accessed through Google search.

Because Google is the world’s premier file share indexing site for everything from movies to games to music to applications.

Which is fine. Or it would be if the rules were applied evenly across the board. But they’re not.

Instead, Google stands as out as the only site of its kind not to be openly and relentlessly attacked at every turn. And to the best of my knowledge, it has yet to appear in court, charged with being a copyright facilitator.

Certainly, none of Google’s executives have been accused of thievery, and not one of their children has been singled out for public humiliation, unlike ‘ordinary’ RIAA victims.

Says the most recent RIAA-to-Google missive >>>

I am contacting you on behalf of the Recording Industry Association of America, Inc. (RIAA) and its member record companies. The RIAA is a trade association whose member companies create, manufacture and distribute approximately eighty-five (85) percent of all legitimate sound recordings sold in the United States. Under penalty of perjury, we submit that the RIAA is authorized to act on behalf of its member companies on matters involving the infringement of their sound recordings, including enforcing their copyrights and common law rights on the Internet.

We have learned that your service is hosting the above web sites on your network. These sites are offering direct links to files containing sound recordings for other users to download by such artists as Lil Wayne, Train, Asher Roth, AC/DC, and Arcade Fire. These recordings are owned by one of our member companies and have not been authorized for this kind of use. We have a good faith belief that the above-described activity is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law. We assert that the information in this notification is accurate, based upon the data available to us.

We are asking for your immediate assistance in stopping this unauthorized activity. Specifically, we request that you remove the sites or the infringing links from your system, or that you disable access to the sites or the infringing links, and that you inform the site operator of the illegality of his or her conduct.

You should understand that this letter constitutes notice to you that this site operator may be liable for the infringing activity occurring on your service. In addition, under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, if you ignore this notice, you and/or your company may also be liable for any resulting infringement. This letter does not constitute a waiver of any right to recover damages incurred by virtue of any such unauthorized activities, and such rights as well as claims for other relief are expressly retained.

Cited are >>>

• http://beathearts.blogspot.com/2010/07/jazmine-sullivan-holding-you-down-going.html
• http://dakinemusic.blogspot.com/2010/05/rnb-ahmad-belvin-super-sorry-stuxx-love.html
• http://dj5sm.blogspot.com/2010/06/loick-essien-love-drunk-prod-by.html
• http://electrovsfidgethouse.blogspot.com/2010/07/2707-electrodutchfidget-vol92.html
• http://hippopmusic.blogspot.com/2010/07/selena-gomez-scene-naturally.html
• http://hqvidz.blogspot.com/2010/07/birdman-feat-kevin-rundolf-jay-sean-and.html
• http://hqvidz.blogspot.com/2010/07/jason-derulo-whatcha-say.html
• http://jazzscape.blogspot.com/2010/07/brad-mehldau-2010-highway-rider.html
• http://lagump34u.blogspot.com/2010/03/george-benson-classic-love-songs.html
• http://musicasgratisbaixar.blogspot.com/2010/07/train-save-me-san-francisco-2009.html
• http://musicologytreat.blogspot.com/2010/07/asher-roth-first-single.html
• http://newelectronicmusictunes.blogspot.com/2010/07/gregor-tresher-life-wire-part-3.html
• http://newtracksdaily.blogspot.com/2010/07/jazmine-sullivan-holding-you-down-goin.html
• http://noreenstuff.blogspot.com/2010/07/michael-jackson-king-of-pop-deluxe-uk.html
• http://peyman-video.blogspot.com/2010/07/kate-ryan-voyage-voyage.html
• http://popgoestheradio.blogspot.com/2010/07/arcade-fire-suburbs.html
• http://rockmaniacom.blogspot.com/2010/03/dvd-acdc.html

Google is an amazing indexing and search site. More power to it.

But why it isn’t plagued by the same vicious and continual harassment as RIAA victims and other indexing sites which do no more and no less than Google.

How come?

Below is the Chilling Effects list of RIAA-to-Google notices >>>

1. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, July 30, 2010
2. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, July 27, 2010
3. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, July 26, 2010
4. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, July 23, 2010
5. IFPI DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, IFPI, July 22, 2010
6. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, July 22, 2010
7. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, July 16, 2010
8. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, July 15, 2010
9. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, July 15, 2010
10. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, July 8, 2010
11. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, July 7, 2010
12. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, June 4, 2010
13. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, June 3, 2010
14. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, June 2, 2010
15. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, June 1, 2010
16. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, May 17, 2010
17. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, May 14, 2010
18. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, May 11, 2010
19. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, May 5, 2010
20. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, May 3, 2010
21. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, April 28, 2010
22. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, April 23, 2010
23. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, April 15, 2010
24. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, April 13, 2010
25. DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, March 30, 2010
26. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, February 26, 2010
27. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, February 25, 2010
28. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, February 4, 2010
29. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, February 3, 2010
30. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, February 2, 2010
31. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, February 1, 2010
32. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, January 28, 2010
33. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, January 25, 2010
34. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, January 25, 2010
35. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, January 22, 2010
36. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, January 19, 2010
37. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, January 15, 2010
38. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, January 13, 2010
39. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, January 12, 2010
40. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, January 11, 2010
41. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google/Blogger, RIAA, January 7, 2010
42. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, January 6, 2010
43. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, January 5, 2010
44. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, January 4, 2010
45. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, December 22, 2009
46. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, December 11, 2009
47. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, December 10, 2009
48. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, December 9, 2009
49. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, December 7, 2009
50. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, December 4, 2009
51. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, December 4, 2009
52. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, December 3, 2009
53. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, December 2, 2009
54. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, November 30, 2009
55. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, November 24, 2009
56. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, November 23, 2009
57. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, November 19, 2009
58. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, November 18, 2009
59. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, November 17, 2009
60. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, November 16, 2009
61. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, November 12, 2009
62. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, November 9, 2009
63. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, November 6, 2009
64. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, November 5, 2009
65. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, November 4, 2009
66. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, November 3, 2009
67. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, November 2, 2009
68. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, October 30, 2009
69. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, October 29, 2009
70. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, October 28, 2009
71. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, October 27, 2009
72. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, October 26, 2009
73. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, October 23, 2009
74. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, October 22, 2009
75. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, October 21, 2009
76. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, October 21, 2009
77. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, October 15, 2009
78. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, October 15, 2009
79. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, October 15, 2009
80. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, October 13, 2009
81. RIAA Complains of Blogged Music, RIAA, October 8, 2009
82. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, October 7, 2009
83. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, October 6, 2009
84. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, October 1, 2009
85. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, September 29, 2009
86. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, September 28, 2009
87. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, September 25, 2009
88. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, September 24, 2009
89. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, September 23, 2009
90. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, September 22, 2009
91. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, September 18, 2009
92. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, September 18, 2009
93. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, September 15, 2009
94. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, September 14, 2009
95. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, September 14, 2009
96. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, September 14, 2009
97. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, September 11, 2009
98. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, September 11, 2009
99. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, September 10, 2009
100. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, September 10, 2009
101. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, September 9, 2009
102. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, September 9, 2009
103. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, September 3, 2009
104. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, September 2, 2009
105. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, September 1, 2009
106. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, August 31, 2009
107. RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, RIAA, August 28, 2009
108. RIAA Complains of Blogs, RIAA, August 7, 2009
109. DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google/Blogger, RIAA, August 3, 2009
110. Notice with a RIAA Twang [Blogger], Recording Industry Association of America, Inc. (RIAA), May 15, 2007
111. RIAA complains of blogged recordings, RIAA, February 13, 2007

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