Google and Microsoft have agreed to demote search results from copyright-infringing websites in the UK.<\/p>\n
The companies signed a Voluntary Code of Practice<\/a><\/strong> drawn up by the UK government to demote content perceived to be from a site containing copyright-infringing content.<\/p>\n The Voluntary Code of Practice is dedicated to the removal of illegal content from the front page of search results.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are one of the world\u2019s leading digital nations and we have a responsibility to make sure that consumers have easy access to legal content online,\u201d said UK Minister of State for Digital and Culture Matt Hancock.<\/p>\n \u201cPirate sites deprive artists and rights holders of income and I\u2019m delighted to see solutions like this agreement which will be instrumental in driving change.\u201d<\/p>\n Signatories\u00a0include Google, Microsoft, BPI, and the Motion Picture Association.<\/p>\n The code will be enforced immediately and aims to reduce the presence of copyright-infringing material by 1 June 2017.<\/p>\n This article first appeared on MyBroadband <\/a><\/strong>and is republished with permission.<\/em><\/p>\n Google and Microsoft have agreed to demote search results from copyright-infringing websites in the UK.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":73697,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1638,91,101],"class_list":["post-115547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-google","tag-microsoft","tag-piracy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115547"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":115551,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115547\/revisions\/115551"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Now read:\u00a0Kodi in the sights of anti-piracy group<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"