In the aftermath of the Pirate Bay verdict, many are now on the lookout for other forms of online piracy. Among the latest batch of uncovered copyright-snubbing websites is a Google-based search platform called Torrent Search.

Want to watch a hot new theater release, but are unwilling to pay the price of admission? Type in the movie title on Torrent Search and you can be instantly directed to thousands of popular piracy websites.

Google Fueling Pro-Piracy Campaigns

While the search platform was probably not created by someone working for Google, seeing as how almost anyone can create a page with a defined set of sites, many who support and perform illegal downloads are using its affiliation with Google as ammo for their pro-piracy agendas.

In the interest of fairness, many are asking that Google be treated in the same manner as the four creators of Pirate Bay.

Of course, Google does not intend for their search platforms to be used in the same manner as that of an illegal filesharing network.

Google Crawls Where Pirate Bay Tracks

By definition, Google is a "web crawler" meaning that while its search engine(s) are able to uncover pirated media, the source of its content resides on an external website. Pirate Bay, on the other hand, is known as a "torrent tracker" meaning that users are able to find pirated content faster than using a random search platform.

As Infopackets Reader 'Bloodaxe' states:

" Pirate Bay does not now, nor ever has, hosted pirated material.

Pirate Bay merely provides a platform for file-sharers to list the files that reside on their own computers and allow others access to this list.

Basically, Pirate Bay is what Google would be if Google merely let content providers log on to request that their content be listed by Google. Google, on the other hand, goes out of their way to list everything on accessible websites, whether the creators of those sites so intended or not, and as an added bonus, eats up tons of bandwidth because they constantly refresh their 'image' of the web. "

Those on the fence about the issue are saying that sleuthing out online piracy is a never-ending battle, since even the most grassroots websites could be found to have some form of copyright violation.

Removal Process Underway

Google has since started making strides in combating the issue. For instance, a torrent search for "Wolverine" came with a blurb stating that four pages had been omitted, having been found to be in direct violation of the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). The blurb also provided several links where people could go to read the DMCA complaints that caused the removals. (Source: geek.com)

Still, the thousands of other sites that appeared on the results page prove that ridding the online world of media piracy is still a long time away.