There are more than 60 trillion addresses on the web. Google is a huge company and it is likely very difficult to monitor every single advertising account that it has. In addition, Google recently released a document stating how it plans to fight against piracy.
In fact, I've already noticed that many searches to pirate sites have been taken down in compliance with the DMCA.
While the author of the Multimillion Dollar Shakedown points out that Google profits from the piracy sites even when the site is removed, Google does not charge copyright owners for removing the infringing material, and Google has, on average, improved the removal process and typically processes the notices in less than six hours.
What we should keep in mind is that Google is mostly a directory, that points people to what they want to find and they are good at it. With more than 60 trillion websites (and counting!) it is a daunting task to enforce these copyrights.
Perhaps artists and copyright owners should consider developing software to combat these copyright pirates, rather than blaming Google for being good at what they do.
Just my opinion and some food for your thoughts.
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