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Writers Write, Inc. Launches Fantasy and Science Fiction Blog

Writers Write, Inc. has added a new blog to its blog network called FantasySFBlog.com. Fantasy/SF Blog is a daily blog covering what's new and interesting in the worlds of fantasy, SF, and horror, including books, movies, TV and gaming.

Recent posts include:

  • Lost: The Orchid Orientation Video
  • Is Peter Jackson Back on Board for The Hobbit?
  • Finalists Announced For British Fantasy Awards
  • Saw IV Coming in October
  • Will Tom Cruise Join the Star Trek Cast?
  • The Dresden Files Is Cancelled
  • ABC Offers Masters of Science Fiction
  • The Beowulf Trailer is Here
  • Johnny Depp Is Barnabas Collins

    RSS subscription informaton for the Fantasy/SF Blog can be found here.

    Posted on August 15, 2007
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    Is Google Filtering Out Torrents?

    TorrentFreak is reporting that Google has started filtering torrents out of its search results. Google says the filtering began in response to DMCA complaints.
    The owner of SumoTorrent told TorrentFreak that he discovered that A search on Google for sumotorrent now triggers the following message at the bottom of the results page:

    "In response to a complaint we received under the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act, we have removed 1 result(s) from this page. If you wish, you may read the DMCA complaint that caused the removal(s) at ChillingEffects.org."

    A search for other BitTorrent sites like Torrentspy and Torrentreactor comes up with the same message (note. the sites are still indexed but some results are removed). Strangely enough, for torrentreactor it only shows up for a search on the .com domain.
    If you search for Torrentspy on Google you do get the " In response to a complaint we received under the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act, we have removed 2 result(s) from this page. If you wish, you may read the DMCA complaint that caused the removal(s) at ChillingEffects.org." message. However, if you follow the link to ChillingEffects.org it says "The notice is not available." Chilling Effects is supposed to be a clearinghouse for cease-and-desist notices but this particular notice appears to be missing or incorrectly linked.

    TorrentFreak did find one interesting torrent-related DMCA notice (see here) about a Paris Hilton video sent to Google by Jim Salomon, the brother of a guy who dated Paris Hilton.

    Posted on August 8, 2007
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