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http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/oct/13/james-murdoch-google-piracy

James Murdoch attacks Google over piracy links

Former News Corp chairman says search engines such as Google could do more to remove links to piracy sites

James Murdoch has joined the News Corp attack on whether search engines such as Google are doing enough to remove links to piracy sites.

The youngest son of media boss Rupert echoed comments made by News Corp chief executive Robert Thomson when he wrote to European competition commissioner Joaquín Almunia calling Google a “platform for piracy” sparking a response from the internet giant claiming it “has done more than almost any other company to help tackle online piracy”.

“There’s no question that they can do more. A lot more. Certainly Google’s not right in saying they’re doing more than anyone. That just isn’t true,” he said.

“The problem with Google ... Actually, let’s not personalise this. The problem with search-driven discovery, if the content is there and it’s illegal and you’re just selling clicks as a big ad network, you have every incentive for that illegal programming to be there. That’s fundamentally not really good enough.”

Murdoch supported Thomson’s calls for more support from regulators for the creative and media industries over tackling piracy.

“It’s important for governments to take it very seriously, for regulators to take it very seriously, and for infringers to be taken seriously, and for those who enable infringement to be held accountable,” said Murdoch, 

Personally I don't really see what Murdoch's issue with Google is, other than bitterness at the fact that Google make so much money off of advertisements whereas newscorp and newspaper institutions in general are losing money due to the lack of advertising.