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Author Topic: Google execs may go to prison!  (Read 6621 times)

Carol Haynes

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Google execs may go to prison!
« on: November 26, 2009, 03:25 PM »
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.

See full article at http://www.v3.co.uk/...executives-face-jail

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Re: Google execs may go to prison!
« Reply #1 on: November 26, 2009, 07:18 PM »
*sigh* I thought the circus was supposed to come to town periodically, not take up permanent residence.

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Re: Google execs may go to prison!
« Reply #2 on: November 26, 2009, 08:14 PM »
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!

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Re: Google execs may go to prison!
« Reply #3 on: November 27, 2009, 01:44 AM »
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)
Amen to that!
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Re: Google execs may go to prison!
« Reply #4 on: November 27, 2009, 02:40 AM »
still, if "allowing a clip to be posted" is breaking the law, it's the end of the open web

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Re: Google execs may go to prison!
« Reply #5 on: November 27, 2009, 03:19 AM »
still, if "allowing a clip to be posted" is breaking the law, it's the end of the open web
-iphigenie (November 27, 2009, 02:40 AM)

Certainly the end of YouTube. Can you imagine trying to moderate every clip that is uploaded - you would need to recruit a nation full time to do it.

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Re: Google execs may go to prison!
« Reply #6 on: November 27, 2009, 08:36 AM »
still, if "allowing a clip to be posted" is breaking the law, it's the end of the open web
-iphigenie (November 27, 2009, 02:40 AM)

Certainly the end of YouTube. Can you imagine trying to moderate every clip that is uploaded - you would need to recruit a nation full time to do it.
-Carol Haynes (November 27, 2009, 03:19 AM)

I doubt they would stop at video clips - photos and text would qualify too, probably
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