Transparency Report

Copyright owner view

SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT

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.com528,973Nov 2, 2023
dilandau.eu145,267Mar 11, 2015
filestube.com123,001Apr 17, 2015
grooveshark.com113,130May 21, 2015
chomikuj.pl93,577Oct 31, 2023
bitsnoop.com72,465Oct 25, 2016
genteflow.com56,361May 24, 2015
mp3skull.com56,246Apr 16, 2016
beemp3.com51,832Apr 22, 2015
weblagu.com50,970Oct 25, 2016
Reporting organizationURLsLast request date
BPI (British Recorded Music Industry) Ltd646,624Nov 15, 2012
APDIF - Mexico459,522Feb 17, 2015
APDIF do Brasil424,872May 26, 2015
CAPIF353,282May 24, 2015
Irish Recorded Music Association205,562Oct 25, 2016
PROMUSICAE-AGEDI (IFPI SPAIN)162,833Jun 26, 2015
MUSO.com Anti-piracy152,749Mar 20, 2024
IFPI Latin America146,172Jul 18, 2016
Zwiazek Producentów Audio Video101,659Oct 31, 2016
IFPI71,287Apr 11, 2014

All requests made by copyright owner

Request IDDateReporting organizationURLs% of URLs delisted% of URLs not in index
29805613Jan 18, 2025proMedia20%100%
28677748Dec 3, 2024proMedia20%100%
26623776Aug 30, 2024IFPI580%0%
25579957Jul 10, 2024proMedia1100%0%
24936593Jun 8, 2024proMedia10%100%
24750309May 31, 2024proMedia660%100%
24743455May 31, 2024proMedia290%100%
24743763May 31, 2024proMedia10%100%
24725586May 30, 2024proMedia440%100%
24741606May 30, 2024proMedia952%98%

Copyright owner details

This copyright owner or its authorized representative submitted 2,852,015 URLs over 21,229 individual requests to be delisted from Search results.

Copyright owner outcomes

RemovedNot in indexNo action takenPendingDuplicate37.2%61.2%
Removal statusCount
Removed1,745,210
Not in index15,720
No action taken28,736
Pending25
Duplicate1,062,324

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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