Whether Google deletes the media player "Kodi" from autocomplete candidate in "copyright infringement countermeasures"

Google in 2017Agreement on anti-piracy agreement to cope with pirated content not going higher in search engineAnd we decided to rank down sites that handle pirated copies by search results. As an extension of this measure, as "closely related to pirated version", media player software "KodiIt seems that it seems that it seems that it seems to be excluded from the candidate of autocomplete.

Google Adds 'Kodi' to Autocomplete Piracy Filter - TorrentFreak
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I pointed out news about file sharing and copyright infringementTorrentFreakis.

Autocomplete is a function that automatically enumerates candidates by simply entering the first half of the string. For example, if you enter "micr" in Google search, you will see candidates for a character string that will be entered next, such as "microsoft" or "microsd".


In the case of "bing", "bing" competing as a search engine mixed with various bingo is also displayed.


However, in case of "Kodi" the name is not displayed in the candidate.


It is not omitted from the search result, so if you search it the official website will be displayed properly.


Since we do not disclose a list of words excluded from candidates for autocompletion, it is uncertain whether we actually took action, but the results you entered show that it shows that countermeasures have taken place TorrentFreak points out.

Kodi is an open source media player software developed by the nonprofit organization / XBMC foundation. It is a distance rather than a pirated version, and it has a good relationship with the American Movie Association (MPAA).

Nathan Betzen, president of the XBMC Foundation commented, "Kodi is completely legitimate open source software, it is very disappointing that it was removed from autocomplete, and I am disappointed."