What is Pirate 2.0 Update?

[HeavenlyBorn]

What is Pirate 2.0 Update?

[sinelogixtech]

Hi Friends,
On October 17, 2014, Google announced its updated Piracy algorithm known as 2.0 would launch globally the following week. Google Pirate 2.0 includes: Updated, improved and refined DMCA demotion signal designed to catch the most aggressive of sites actively breaking infringement laws.

DMCA stands for Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

[RH-Calvin]

Pirate update or “DMCA penalty” refers to a change to Google’s search algorithm which is primarily directed against websites that infringe on copyrights. These are often torrent sites that offer pirated copies of movies or music for illegal download via torrent file. Websites that are affected by the Pirate update, may be partially or completely excluded from the Google search index.

[BangkokDinning]

The Google Pirate Update is basically a filter which is designed to prevent sites with multiple reports of copyright infringement filed through Google's DMCA system, from being well ranked in Google's search listings. The filter is updated from time to time.