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Update: the DMCA complaint to Google has been rescinded (https://lumendatabase.org/notices/34149383)

The landing page is back on Google search.

@boilingsteam Only the landing page newpipe.net was removed, not the sub pages. It looks more like a move to scare us.

@tobigr why do you care then? Newpipe still comes first in the search results and that's exactly the software that people will be looking for.

@boilingsteam I think the main question is whether unjustified und non fact based DMCAs can be used to suppress certain search results. If those companies succed with one, they might try to issue more removal requests. Those are harder to fight if the initial take down request was not fought.

@tobigr Is this was a DMCA request, why isn't the whole site removed from the search results instead of just the landing page?

@boilingsteam Because only https://newpipe.net was requested.
The DMCA especially says one URL: https://lumendatabase.org/notices/34149383

@tobigr that's weird. So if you want to remove a whole site, you have to list 600 URLs if the site has tons of pages?

@boilingsteam I am not a lawyer and did not issue any DMCAs to Google search
I think it makes sense though, because a website can cover multiple topics and if it is bigger, you might not want / legally can remove all pages.

It's just clear by the sheer amount of websites listed in the DMCA that this is not an attack targeting NewPipe. IMO, it feels more like a test to see who is fighting back and who can be scarred by a DMCA.