![]() I doubt that it makes much difference legally whether the search result leads you directly to the offending file or to a site where it is ‘just a click away’. for academic papers, do often lead directly to a saveable document, like a PDF file or a Word Doc, but in this case I think Google flag up the type of document clearly in the search result e.g. Since I don’t use pirate sites myself I don’t know how common this kind of direct download link is. ![]() If Google search ‘cuts out the middleman’, the pirates get nothing. I say ‘odd’ because it is surely in the interest of the pirate site itself (Isohunt in this case) for people to visit their web page where they will see adverts, premium service offers, etc, which make money for the pirates. ![]() Well presumably Google aren’t hosting the file themselves, but it does seem odd that the search result leads directly to a download, and not to a web page with a download link. ![]()
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