Transparency Report

Copyright owner view

XL Recordings

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
4shared.com13,663Jul 3, 2016
filestube.com6,926Jun 2, 2013
rapidlibrary.com6,481Oct 1, 2012
beemp3.com5,563Jul 1, 2013
dilandau.eu5,166Aug 14, 2013
filesonicsearch.com2,592Oct 1, 2012
mp3skull.com2,255Jul 14, 2013
torrentz.eu2,059Jul 22, 2016
zippyshare.com2,053Dec 3, 2018
filespart.com2,031May 21, 2013
Reporting organizationURLsLast request date
BPI (British Recorded Music Industry) Ltd77,769Oct 1, 2012
Web Sheriff7,123Sep 4, 2019
AudioLock.NET Limited737Oct 2, 2016
proMedia716Feb 24, 2025
Web Sheriff11Oct 8, 2020

All requests made by copyright owner

Request IDDateReporting organizationURLs% of URLs delisted% of URLs not in index
30706066Feb 24, 2025proMedia20%100%
30687069Feb 23, 2025proMedia10%100%
30599768Feb 21, 2025proMedia10%100%
30618943Feb 20, 2025proMedia30%100%
30517974Feb 17, 2025proMedia20%100%
30483799Feb 16, 2025proMedia10%100%
30388534Feb 15, 2025proMedia10%100%
30399128Feb 13, 2025proMedia20%100%
30418955Feb 12, 2025proMedia60%100%
30288511Feb 7, 2025proMedia20%100%

Copyright owner details

This copyright owner or its authorized representative submitted 86,356 URLs over 1,342 individual requests to be delisted from Search results.

Copyright owner outcomes

RemovedNot in indexNo action takenDuplicate11.4%87.4%
Removal statusCount
Removed75,468
Not in index694
No action taken315
Pending0
Duplicate9,879

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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