Media Companies Accuse Google Of Supporting Piracy → Salesperson

Probably just a sales person trying to make a buck and it backfired on him. I wonder if Google has a policy about not selling to certain types of companies. If so, his hiney is on the line!

yes google does have rules against sites that offer copyrighted content on the site adsense is on.
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Site Content

While Google offers broad access to a variety of content in the search index, publishers in the AdSense program may only place Google ads on sites that adhere to our content guidelines, and ads must not be displayed on any page with content primarily in an unsupported language. View a list of supported languages.

Sites displaying Google ads may not include:

* Violent content, racial intolerance, or advocacy against any individual, group, or organization
* Pornography, adult, or mature content
* Hacking/cracking content
* Illicit drugs and drug paraphernalia
* Excessive profanity
* Gambling or casino-related content
* Content regarding programs which compensate users for clicking on ads or offers, performing searches, surfing websites, or reading emails
* Excessive, repetitive, or irrelevant keywords in the content or code of web pages
* Deceptive or manipulative content or construction to improve your site's search engine ranking, e.g., your site's PageRank
* Sales or promotion of weapons or ammunition (e.g., firearms, fighting knives, stun guns)
* Sales or promotion of beer or hard alcohol
* Sales or promotion of tobacco or tobacco-related products
* Sales or promotion of prescription drugs
* Sales or promotion of products that are replicas or imitations of designer goods
* Sales or distribution of term papers or student essays
* Any other content that is illegal, promotes illegal activity, or infringes on the legal rights of others

Copyrighted Material

Website publishers may not display Google ads on web pages with content protected by copyright law unless they have the necessary legal rights to display that content. Please see our DMCA policy for more information.

google does check because they turned down one of my websites before for adsense not for illegal content but i hadnt finished the site yet and had a bunch of dead links so they denied it

But they are not OFFERING copyrighted content. The programs the offer are 100% legal. The fact that a user could use the program for 'illegal' purposes is mitigated by the fact that google is an INTERNATIONAL company. That means that laws like the DMCA don't apply, and the company advertising is fully legal in countries like sweden.

So, google has nothing to fear. US law doesn't apply.

Yes, that is their policy. It sounds like someone either misrepresented the website originally or it slipped through a crack.

When I applied with one of my sites a while back, that's the exact response I got: sorry your site violates our terms (warez).

Ummm, no. Google is a US based company and therefore must comply with all US laws. In fact, even if a company is based outside of the US they must comply with US laws if they wish to operate or even have a presence in the US. Check the news for the online casino executives who were arrested for simply passing through the US. Get with the program, if you operate in the US you follow the laws of the US or you get fined/arrested. Its that simple.
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Umm, NO. Google is supposed to follow the laws of the host country. Last time I looked, there were 243 countries in the world. And only ONE of them has the DMCA. So, google is CORRECT in that it's not violating the laws of the 95% of the people in the world live in. Get with the program, the US is a VERY small part of the world stage, and our influence grows less and less every day we chafe under the auspices of Her'bush.

Silly child, wrong again.

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A number of U.S. laws apply to U.S. companies which conduct international business transactions. These are applicable, inter alia, when a U.S. company establishes a business operation in a foreign country.

A. Export controls under the Export Administration Regulations - (U.S. Department of Commerce):
- Prohibits export transactions regarding certain products and/or certain
country destinations; requires export licenses for certain transactions
- Export controls apply to, inter alia, (i) exports by a U.S. company to its foreign affiliates; (ii) sales by the foreign affiliate within the foreign country; and (iii) sales by the foreign affiliate to third countries
- Export controls apply to the export of both goods and "technical data" including software, technology, trade secrets, and other information
- Under the "deemed export rule" technical data can be "exported" by disclosing it to foreign persons in the U.S. and to foreign nationals who are employees of U.S. companies both in the U.S. and abroad; posting information on the Internet and similar computer networks can be deemed an "export" since such information is accessible in foreign countries
- Export controls apply to "re-exports" to third countries of U.S. products, U.S. technical data and foreign products based on U.S.-origin technical data
- Civil and criminal sanctions; up to ten years imprisonment; Justice Department may attempt to hold officers and directors of U.S. company liable for acts of its overseas affiliates

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YAWN, arguing with you makes me tired. Being right is tough work, but somebody has to do it!!