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it's friday august 10 2012 i'm the walrus dan rubenstein from SB Nation and it's time for 90 locally sourced artisanal seconds on the verge Google is set to begin punishing pirates and search results starting next week the search engine will down rank sites that receive a high volume of copyright infringement notices that means higher results for Hulu and Spotify and lower results for torrents and data lockers like mega upload it's a clear concession to the movie and music industries who have long complained that Google facilitates piracy and Google needs all the Hollywood love it can get as it tries to build an ecosystem around Google Play hot on the heels of serving Google which biggest fine ever the FTC has settled its grievances with facebook facebook will now prominently disclose any information that might be shared with third-parties and require users express consent the company has also agreed to 20 years of audits by a third party in exchange for not having to admit fault after yesterday's Google fine was criticized for being ineffective it's good to see the FTC charge Facebook with absolutely nothing and finally in news i care about self-proclaimed legend Usain Bolt took a break from winning the Olympic 200 meter dash to dabble in a little bit of professional photography in the immediate aftermath of the race bolt grabbed a Nikon d4 from Swedish photographer Jimmy wickstrom and proceeded to snap a first-hand account of the moment wikström newspaper has posted up a few of bolts images including our favorite of Jamaican runner Yohan Blake doing his signature beast pose which makes bolts victory a true photo finish and that's it for today's top stories tune in tomorrow for the verge after hours