> Google Drive have been deleting 'pirated content' for quite a while based on hashes [3].
> This week we received a tip from a reader who was unable to share a link to a screener copy of a Hollywood blockbuster. Instead of a public link, Google drive warned that sharing the file in question could violate its terms of service.
What you linked to says that GDrive prevents users from sharing pirated content, not using GDrive for storing them (or that GDrive was deleting them).
> What you linked to says that GDrive prevents users from sharing pirated content, not using GDrive for storing them (or that GDrive was deleting them).
I performed an experiment to test whether GDrive delete pirated content - they do.
[2]: Reqvim seems to have been sharing a modified binary (the original was created by someone else).
If you've experienced it I'm wondering if you might have uploaded it to a shared folder. But I'll keep your anecdote in mind, not too interested in reproducing it on my primary account, and not sure if enforcement would be different if I were to use a burner.
I'll also note that as mentioned by a commenter in [2], Google isn't required by DMCA to remove content on GDrive that isn't being shared, though this might be a user's breach of TOS.
> This week we received a tip from a reader who was unable to share a link to a screener copy of a Hollywood blockbuster. Instead of a public link, Google drive warned that sharing the file in question could violate its terms of service.
What you linked to says that GDrive prevents users from sharing pirated content, not using GDrive for storing them (or that GDrive was deleting them).