Multiple WCMU articles were temporarily scrubbed from Google search results after several bogus copyright claims were filed against the newsroom.
Both stories reported on a Florida congressional candidate's ties to a small data center operation in the eastern Upper Peninsula.
It's still unclear who submitted the claims.
“I couldn't find these entities," said Karen Post, an attorney with Trister, Ross, Schadler & Gold, PLLC, who filed an appeal with Google on WCMU's behalf. "I couldn't find any content that seemed related that allegedly WCMU would have copied from. The whole thing just seemed very suspicious.”
More on why the plagiarism claims were false and how the articles were restored on Google.
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This podcast is produced in part by the members of NABET Local 412. This episode of Between the Lakes was edited and mixed by Rick Brewer. Our theme music comes from Gabe Schall. Mike Horace is our executive producer.
