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RIAA has issued a report on Google:

Overall Grade: INCOMPLETE.

While Google has taken some modest steps to deal with copyright infringement online, the promises made by Google remain unfulfilled. Despite its steps, the simple fact is that Google continues to both (i) receive financial benefits from sites and applications that engage in piracy and (ii) place artificial road blocks in rights holders' efforts to protect their content online, contrary to the DMCA.

So What Can Google Do to Improve its Overall Grade?
Stop Making Money From Digital Theft

It would help if Google did the following:

Stop Advertising on Pirate Sites
Google should implement more reasonable, proactive steps to ensure that its ad services (AdSense, AdMob, and DoubleClick) do not place ads on Internet sites or applications that engage in infringement.

Stop Allowing Pirate Apps in the Google Store

Prioritize Legal Search Results First

Allow Copyright Holders to Search for Piracy in a Meaningful Way

Prohibit Activity on YouTube that Induces Infringement
Increasingly, music-oriented videos posted on YouTube include links to download the sound recording associated with the video illegally. This is in violation of YouTube's own policies. In addition, YouTube hosts videos explaining how to “game” the Content ID system and how to rip the audio content to create an MP3 file from a music video.

Full PDF Report:
http://76.74.24.142/423B769B-66EE-B137-CDED-F44741C19E6B.pdf