![google-7-696x363.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmWTmbehecGfegf3ot2GJ34rDwbdFwdUQSqdZL6vdsqHGG/google-7-696x363.jpg) While copyright holders are struggling with pirated resources such as KickassTorrents and TorrentHound, and the veteran of the Pirate Bay area is constantly changing its address, an alternative to torrent trackers is quite unexpected, and it is Google Drive. Hollywood studios and all other copyright owners buried Google with nearly 5,000 requests to remove illegal materials uploaded to cloud storage over the past 30 days. Google Drive has become an equally popular pirate resource, like The Pirate Bay: Every link processed by the Lumen Database link removal system has dozens of duplicates driving on Drive. ![Sch.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmRF2wYY6uyFt6GDQYYCNp4dGP6X6MPvjDMj6SYkRK1yqH/Sch.png) Although Google has introduced a hash-check of all files uploaded to the cloud at the beginning of the year, pirates have devised an easy way to overcome them: links to Google Drive to download pirated files are placed on YouTube videos that are marked as hidden . To minimize risk, references to pirated files are published in almost unknown Facebook groups. Thenextweb Portal points out that Dropbox and OneDrive used for similar purposes are 25 times less popular than Google Drive. The reasons are obvious: Google Drive has good integration with a variety of other services and offers free of charge 15 GB. Pirates also liked another product of the internet giant. This is My Maps, which does not have a built-in verification system, and pirates create personal links that propagate pirate content. Image Credit Support me and my work by voting for me @bachoangel ![gvk.gif](https://steemitimages.com/DQmSgvWb7SsQm8TMfvUiyEsbfd7sH3M5YZZa7QRsqV2Q5vk/gvk.gif)