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Shooting Victim Sues Google Over Search Results On His Name
from the good-luck-with-that dept
sinsi alerts us to a bizarre lawsuit in Australia where shooting victim Michael Trkulja is suing Google, claiming the search engine has some liability for his getting shot. The reasoning? Apparently searches on his name would take you to pages suggesting that Trkulja was involved in organized crime operations. It doesn't appear that he has any other info linking his shooting to this particular webpage or to the fact that the shooter may have done a Google search. It also does not appear (at least from the article here) that the guy is blaming the website in question -- just Google for leading people to it. Not sure what sorts of laws there are in Australia concerning such liability, but it's hard to think of a scenario under which this lawsuit should make sense under any legal system.
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Google has money. And it makes perfect 100% sense in the Legal System of the Entitled.
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Really?
We have torrent trackers being sued out of operation for 'copyright violations,' Google execs in legal jeopardy for a youtube video, etc. Is it really hard to think of a scenario where this guy prevails?
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Can I sue Google?
The soup was from Campbells. I bought it at Stop & Shop. I heated up the soup in a microwave made by Kenmore. The unit was purchased at Sears. I drove to both Stop & Shop and Sears in my truck made by Toyota. I bought the fuel for the truck at Cumberland Farms.
I am able to search on all of those terms on Google and get search results that say nothing about burning my tongue. They need to remedy this situation before someone else is seriously injured.
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If my company was sued in a foreign country over something like this, and they won.. I would simply stop serving that country. They don't deserve technology.
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Re: Can I sue Google?
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That's what he gets...
That's what he gets for playing Mafia Wars on Facebook and leaving his profile public. [insert laughs here]
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Re: Really?
We have torrent trackers being sued out of operation for 'copyright violations,' Google execs in legal jeopardy for a youtube video, etc. Is it really hard to think of a scenario where this guy prevails?
Excellent point, it apparently is making sense under a lot of legal systems, but it really shouldn't make sense if anyone involved cared about the implications of such nonsense.
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Re: Can I sue Google?
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There must be some mistake...
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i hit google with:
"burned my tongue" +soup +michael
turns out you and your singed tongue come up in as the second link...
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How long before a) someone turns Michael burning his tongue into a news story or b) some clueless lawyer actually offers him legal help? :)
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under kangaroo law
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Gotnick versus Dow Jones.
Dow Jones challenged the appropriateness of the case being heard in Victoria. The Victorian Supreme Court (the commercial court) found that the case could be heard in Victoria. Dow Jones appealled to the High Court of Australia (= US Supreme Court)who found against Dow Jones.
Gutnick was allowed to sue for defamation and since the laws agaisnt libel and slander in Australia are very different from those in the US (and there is no First Ammendment or nay other guarantee of free expression) he won substantial dmaages.
The case has potentially very serious implications for freedom of expression, and for the freedom of access to information.
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It's the first, now. :D
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(ie, What a strange game, the only winning move is not to play)
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