Transparency Report

Copyright owner view

Georgetown University Press

This chart shows the number of URLs requested to be delisted from Google Search at the request of this copyright owner over time.

Copyright owners

Legal frameworks enable copyright owners—also referred to as copyright holders—to submit requests to delist content for copyright infringement. Google receives requests from both copyright owners and reporting organizations, who may or may not be the owners of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

Specified domainURLsLast request date
annas-archive.org69,498Feb 9, 2025
annas-archive.se69,429Feb 9, 2025
annas-archive.li58,374Feb 9, 2025
annas-archive.gs30,623Jun 22, 2024
malayalam-books.sk7,891Sep 29, 2024
urdu-books.sk7,887Sep 29, 2024
pashto-books.sk7,884Sep 29, 2024
zlibrary-east.se7,614May 11, 2024
zlibrary-asia.se7,614May 11, 2024
zlibrary-africa.se7,610May 11, 2024
Reporting organizationURLsLast request date
Link-Busters.com1,056,261Feb 25, 2025
Georgetown University Press1Apr 25, 2016

All requests made by copyright owner

Request IDDateReporting organizationURLs% of URLs delisted% of URLs not in index
30639067Feb 25, 2025Link-Busters.com445%95%
30589880Feb 22, 2025Link-Busters.com813%88%
30338128Feb 9, 2025Link-Busters.com3,16193%7%
30307099Feb 8, 2025Link-Busters.com5,78692%8%
29313985Dec 30, 2024Link-Busters.com1100%0%
29272366Dec 28, 2024Link-Busters.com1100%0%
28916360Dec 12, 2024Link-Busters.com1100%0%
28913606Dec 11, 2024Link-Busters.com20%100%
28193000Nov 10, 2024Link-Busters.com743%57%
27994737Nov 1, 2024Link-Busters.com1100%0%

Copyright owner details

This copyright owner or its authorized representative submitted 1,056,262 URLs over 1,472 individual requests to be delisted from Search results.

Copyright owner outcomes

RemovedNot in indexNo action takenPendingDuplicate16.1%83.5%
Removal statusCount
Removed881,893
Not in index170,196
No action taken3,642
Pending3
Duplicate528

This chart shows the outcomes of each URL in each notice that identifies this owner as the copyright owner.

Copyright and access to information

The data here helps inform global conversations on the way copyright impacts access to information. Google is actively involved in discussions with policymakers around the world on how to best fight online piracy and connect users with legitimate content.

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