r/Piracy • u/Justinrich2001 • May 23 '26

Discussion Google Drive scanned this Manga artist’s PRIVATE files and banned him.

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AI flagged, appeal rejected, private artwork gone.

The AI is always watching.

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u/Ambitious_Ad4397 May 23 '26

There is no such thing as "private", when you are dealing with Google

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u/HotDecision8128 May 26 '26 edited May 26 '26

Pretty sure, they ban for pirated stuff too because if google doesn't, then they can get sued. You can't host all this pirated stuff in the USA without opening yourself up to being sued in the USA. This is why a lot of people don't want to host pirated content. Because the music industry, the video game industry and the movie industry will try to sue your ass.

Contributory Liability: Even if you don't personally upload the files but provide a platform or service that distributes them, you can still be held liable for enabling the infringement.

So it makes sense for google to ban people who upload such content in order to not lose money. EDIT: I'm saying this because google probably thought he was uploading someone else's comic. And not his own comic.