Transparency Report

Copyright owner view

UNIVERSAL MUSIC LTD

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.com494,483Oct 30, 2016
filestube.com115,146Apr 21, 2015
grooveshark.com110,273Jun 11, 2015
filetram.com96,330Jan 12, 2016
dilandau.eu78,494Mar 9, 2015
directoriow.com58,913Jun 3, 2015
zippyshare.com55,654Oct 29, 2016
torrentz.eu46,372Oct 29, 2016
mp3skull.com44,918Jun 10, 2016
beemp3.com40,587May 14, 2015
Reporting organizationURLsLast request date
Irish Recorded Music Association534,535Oct 29, 2016
BPI (British Recorded Music Industry) Ltd377,428Nov 15, 2012
PROMUSICAE-AGEDI (IFPI SPAIN)356,026Jun 20, 2015
CAPIF217,387Jun 11, 2015
APDIF do Brasil210,353Jun 12, 2015
APDIF - Mexico90,997Feb 17, 2015
IFPI85,811Apr 30, 2014
IFPI Latin America80,209Jun 9, 2015
Bundesverband Musikindustrie e.V.71,836Jun 18, 2014
Zwiazek Producentów Audio Video42,807Oct 30, 2016

All requests made by copyright owner

Request IDDateReporting organizationURLs% of URLs delisted% of URLs not in index
28708358Dec 2, 2024proMedia10%100%
24876662Jun 6, 2024proMedia10%100%
24740549May 29, 2024proMedia130%100%
24201466May 3, 2024proMedia140%100%
24016319Apr 22, 2024proMedia50%100%
23961430Apr 19, 2024proMedia2520%80%
23727281Apr 8, 2024proMedia220%100%
23261060Mar 13, 2024proMedia60%100%
22721323Feb 13, 2024proMedia1100%0%
22697357Feb 12, 2024proMedia100%100%

Copyright owner details

This copyright owner or its authorized representative submitted 2,132,442 URLs over 18,931 individual requests to be delisted from Search results.

Copyright owner outcomes

RemovedNot in indexNo action takenDuplicate44.2%55.3%
Removal statusCount
Removed1,180,209
Not in index1,440
No action taken9,095
Pending0
Duplicate941,698

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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