Tech Giants Ban Advertising on "Pirate" Websites

I guess if you want to hit pirates where it hurts, this is one way to do it.

Some of the world’s largest web companies have come together to establish a set of self-regulating best practices to deal with the issue of infringing sites within their advertising networks. Google, Microsoft, AOL & Yahoo and other ad companies say that they will start accepting DMCA-style notices from rightsholders against adverts that appear alongside infringing content.

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