OT: DMCA now censoring search results

TheHappyFriar wrote on 10/17/2007, 7:05 PM
While installing Vegas 8a, my firewall said something called "sony ngen tool". So I did a search. guess what google spat out on the first page...

In response to a complaint we received under the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act, we have removed 1 result(s) from this page. If you wish, you may read the DMCA complaint that caused the removal(s) at ChillingEffects.org.

the link included doesn't work. I believe it may be this notice.

couldn't find anything in google/yahoo about "sony ngen tool" eigther, except links to illegal torrents (so I'm assuming it's their key generator or something).

Comments

Coursedesign wrote on 10/17/2007, 10:32 PM
Are you saying that you think Vegas 8a came with some form of malware, like their CDs last year and Flash memory fobs this year?
farss wrote on 10/18/2007, 1:22 AM
"ngen" appears to be a jit loader, Google had no problem finding heaps of references to it. What I couldn't find was anywhere Google wouldn't let me see.
TheHappyFriar wrote on 10/18/2007, 6:20 AM
unless something changed between now & last night, all I did was search for "sony ngen tool". Couldn't find anything on it.
busterkeaton wrote on 10/18/2007, 6:32 AM
It seems to be related to .NET. From a Microsoft page.

.NET Framework Tools
Native Image Generator (Ngen.exe)

The Native Image Generator (Ngen.exe) is a tool that improves the performance of managed applications. Ngen.exe creates native images, which are files containing compiled processor-specific machine code, and installs them into the native image cache on the local computer. The runtime can use native images from the cache instead using the just-in-time (JIT) compiler to compile the original assembly.

Ngen.exe has changed significantly in the .NET Framework version 2.0:

Installing an assembly also installs its dependencies, simplifying the syntax of Ngen.exe.

Native images can now be shared across application domains.

A new action, update, re-creates images that have been invalidated.

Actions can be deferred for execution by a service that uses idle time on the computer to generate and install images.

Some causes of image invalidation have been eliminated.

For additional information on using Ngen.exe and the native image service, see Native Image Service.