Google 4 go on trial in Italy
p2pnet news view | Crime:- The trial of four Google employees accused of breaking Italian law by allowing a video of a teenager being attacked by others to be posted on the company’s YouTube has begun in Milan.
“The case, subject to lengthy delays, could have major ramifications for content providers around the globe,” says the BBC.
Standing trial are David Carl Drummond, head of Google Italy’s managing board; George De Los Reyes, a board member; Peter Fleitcher, in charge of privacy protection in Europe; and Arvind Desikan, who worked in marketing for Google Video.
Testimony from engineer Jeremy Doig sought to show “Google had not committed any crime”, the story has a Google lawyer saying.
The video showed four teenagers bullying a Turin boy with Down’s Syndrome in a classroom.
Prosecutors say Google didn’t have adequate content filters, or enough staff to monitor videos, says the story, adding:
“They also argue that Google broke Italian privacy law by not preventing the the content from being uploaded without the consent of all parties involved.
“The video remained online for several months before Google received complaints and removed it.”
BBC – Google bosses on trial in Italy, September 30, 2009
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September 30th, 2009 at 4:40 pm
So Google must review every single video that is being put online? Is it Google’s fault if nobody sent an abuse report? Are the plaintiffs crazy? Courts should be spending their time on more important matters.
September 30th, 2009 at 9:44 pm
” So Google must review every single video that is being put online? Is it Google’s fault if nobody sent an abuse report? Are the plaintiffs crazy? Courts should be spending their time on more important matters. ”
With all the Google Hate around here I doubt you’ll get much support, but for what
it’s worth, I agree with you.
On the one hand, we agree that torrent aggregator sites and web sites shouldn’t
be held responsible for content posted by others, whom we can’t control,
( in the case of torrent aggregator sites, torrents ARE NOT infringing ), and yet
when Google is involved somehow we expect them to adhere to a higher standard
than what we would hold other websites.