$200,000 Judgement Against Google In Mokbel Shots Case 140
niftydude writes with news of damages awarded in a case over Google image search results "Should Google be held liable for images that appear in its search results? An Australian court has said yes.
'A Melbourne man who won a defamation case against search engine giant Google has been awarded $200,000 in damages. Milorad Trkulja, also known as Michael, sued the multinational over images of him alongside a well-known underworld figure that appeared in its search results. A six-person Supreme Court jury found last month that Mr Trkulja had been defamed by the images, which he first contacted Google about removing in 2009.'"
Re:Ridiculous (Score:3, Funny)
You should do that. You don't have to worry about his mob connections, because they're not true.
Re:Due to legal requirements (Score:4, Funny)
We here at Internet Tubes And Things had to point out that due to the nature of the internet and the world wide web, banning all of Australia, or even most of the world, wouldn't accomplish anything. Suing google likewise does nothing, and in fact, nuclear weapons are also ineffective. You see, at Internet Tubes And Things, we believe in infinite redundancy and endless replication of data, especially data that's trying to be banned, censored, or access-controlled. Whenever someone tries to remove that product feature, we like to return it to the user in question about a thousand times more.
Thank You,
Internet Tubes And Things
Re:Due to legal requirements (Score:4, Funny)
I second that.
-- Barbara Streisand
Re:Dig even deeper.. (Score:4, Funny)
"Mr Trkulja had incorrectly filled out a form for reporting offensive material by not including the URL of the content to which he objected."
Hello, Google? Yes, you know that image, I want it taken down as it defames me. Just do it and don't ask me these frivolous questions
He probably expected them to Google it on Bing or something.