Transparency Report

Copyright owner view

Simon and Schuster, Inc.

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.se9,255,887Jul 21, 2024
annas-archive.org9,216,985Jul 21, 2024
zlibrary-asia.se6,505,970Jun 30, 2024
annas-archive.gs5,739,784Jul 21, 2024
latin-books.sk5,131,008Jun 30, 2024
kazakh-books.sk5,130,925Jun 30, 2024
azerbaijani-books.sk5,130,890Jun 30, 2024
slovak-books.sk5,130,825Jun 30, 2024
malayalam-books.sk5,081,957Jun 30, 2024
pashto-books.sk5,081,828Jun 30, 2024
Reporting organizationURLsLast request date
Link-Busters.com106,348,439Jul 21, 2024
CBS184Oct 1, 2012
Paramount Global1Oct 10, 2022

All requests made by copyright owner

Request IDDateReporting organizationURLs% of URLs delisted% of URLs not in index
25755401Jul 21, 2024Link-Busters.com10792%7%
25796960Jul 20, 2024Link-Busters.com9,99992%8%
25797609Jul 20, 2024Link-Busters.com9,99993%7%
25768009Jul 20, 2024Link-Busters.com9,99993%7%
25791939Jul 20, 2024Link-Busters.com9,99993%7%
25744006Jul 20, 2024Link-Busters.com9,99993%7%
25775357Jul 20, 2024Link-Busters.com9,99993%7%
25778763Jul 20, 2024Link-Busters.com9,99993%7%
25789125Jul 20, 2024Link-Busters.com9,99993%7%
25787096Jul 20, 2024Link-Busters.com9,99993%7%

Copyright owner details

This copyright owner or its authorized representative submitted 106,348,624 URLs over 38,566 individual requests to be delisted from Search results.

Copyright owner outcomes

RemovedNot in indexNo action takenDuplicateOther19.9%79.0%
Removal statusCount
Removed84,007,110
Not in index21,207,352
No action taken1,112,531
Pending39
Duplicate21,592

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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