Google generated $90bn last year, 6 times more than the global recorded music business

Google turned over $89.8bn in 2016, withmore than $79bn coming from ads
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Google Takes Down Mega.NZ From Search Results

Google removed Mega from its search engine. So, why doesn’t it do the same with other illegal direct download, file locker, and torrent sites like The Pirate Bay and Extra Torrent? According to TorrentFreak, Google receives at least 100,000 pirate link removal requests every hour. That’s due to the surging amount of pirating links available […]

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Google and YouTube May Be Forced To Pull Content ID

So, who exactly owns the rights to Content ID? Google and YouTube or Audible Magic? If successful, will YouTube pull the service? It’s no secret that YouTube’s Content ID is unpopular. According to a Wikipedia posting, the Google-owned company developed the copyright enforcement tool. It automatically scans uploaded content against a database of copyright material. […]

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