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Google execs may go to prison!
Carol Haynes:
Google executives could face a year in jail
Italian prosecutors demand stiff sentences in Google Video case
Rosalie Marshall
V3.co.uk, 26 Nov 2009
Just a day after Google got into legal hot water in Germany, it emerged that four of the firm's executives standing trial in Italy could face a year's prison sentence following charges of defamation and failure to exercise control over personal data.
Defence lawyer Giuseppe Bana reportedly said that prosecutors had asked Judge Oscar Magni for one-year sentences, after allowing a clip to be posted on Google Video in Italy showing a boy with Down's Syndrome being bullied by four classmates.
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See full article at http://www.v3.co.uk/v3/news/2254026/google-executives-face-jail
Ehtyar:
*sigh* I thought the circus was supposed to come to town periodically, not take up permanent residence.
Ehtyar.
Eóin:
As ludicrous as I consider this case to be I must say I love the idea of jail time for executives whose companies break the law. Damn right!
f0dder:
As ludicrous as I consider this case to be I must say I love the idea of jail time for executives whose companies break the law. Damn right!
-Eóin (November 26, 2009, 08:14 PM)
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Amen to that!
iphigenie:
still, if "allowing a clip to be posted" is breaking the law, it's the end of the open web
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