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Out of unrelated curiosity, what is stopping someone from using this database for nefarious reasons?

I checked a few links for a Game of Thrones search. All were in working order. Seems like this database could be a prime vetted source for getting hard to find torrents/streams/music.

The RSS feed would make it easy to stay updated on new content.




If the notice went to the site hosting the content, then if the site actually acts on the DMCA-or-equivalent notice, they will have removed the content.

If the notice went to a search engine linking to the content, then yes, the notice provides a convenient index of those links. One more reason making it ridiculous to send notices to search engines rather than the actual content hosts.




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