I hope the Google team hasn't lost its sense of humor

I hope that the unfortunate story of GoogleCircles.com, told here,
is itself a prank.  But fear it’s all too true, that Google has
invoked the DMCA against an April Fool’s joke.  Oof. 

It is amusing that the original prank is still in Google’s cache, at least for the time being.

(Via Dave W.)