Transparency Report

Copyright owner view

Edward Elgar Publishing

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.org268,004Jan 21, 2025
annas-archive.se267,978Jan 21, 2025
annas-archive.gs207,291Jun 22, 2024
annas-archive.li96,911Jan 21, 2025
urdu-books.sk33,791Nov 8, 2024
pashto-books.sk33,791Nov 8, 2024
malayalam-books.sk33,791Nov 8, 2024
slovak-books.sk22,848Nov 8, 2024
latin-books.sk22,848Nov 8, 2024
kazakh-books.sk22,848Nov 8, 2024
Reporting organizationURLsLast request date
Link-Busters.com2,726,048Feb 25, 2025
Edward Elgar Publishing1Feb 4, 2015

All requests made by copyright owner

Request IDDateReporting organizationURLs% of URLs delisted% of URLs not in index
30668097Feb 25, 2025Link-Busters.com13321%79%
30687312Feb 25, 2025Link-Busters.com1361%99%
30712732Feb 25, 2025Link-Busters.com1510%100%
30591066Feb 22, 2025Link-Busters.com831%99%
30557373Feb 19, 2025Link-Busters.com1100%0%
30321495Feb 8, 2025Link-Busters.com7900%100%
30277446Feb 6, 2025Link-Busters.com810%100%
30004580Jan 27, 2025Link-Busters.com1100%0%
29931583Jan 23, 2025Link-Busters.com2100%0%
29859886Jan 21, 2025Link-Busters.com1,76697%3%

Copyright owner details

This copyright owner or its authorized representative submitted 2,726,049 URLs over 1,834 individual requests to be delisted from Search results.

Copyright owner outcomes

RemovedNot in indexNo action takenDuplicate9.5%90.3%
Removal statusCount
Removed2,462,974
Not in index259,434
No action taken3,042
Pending0
Duplicate599

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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