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[World News] The Google Three, Italy and Silvio Berlusconi | World News: And therein lies a big problem, one aspect of which surfaced last week, in Italy, where a judge handed out prison sentences to three senior US-based Google executives for “violating privacy” by allowing a video showing a handicapped Italian schoolboy being physically and verbally abused to be posted online.

[IGP Blog] IGP Blog :: There's more to the Google-Italy case than meets the eye: While most of the news media and political commentators are looking at the recent Italian court decision against Google from the freedom of expression angle, the more accurate analysis of the Italian court decision is the power of Silvio Berlusconi, politics and money. As recent events in Italy have undoubtedly shown, the changes to the judicial system that Berlusconi and his cronies in government have pursued are not based on issues related to democracy, the rule of law, or good government but on protecting the financial interests and political power of Silvio Berlusconi and his allies.

[Newspointer.co.uk] Fiat chief s daughter loses claim against her mother - Newspointer ...: Italy's highest court on Thursday dropped a bribery case against a British lawyer accused of accepting£370000 from Silvio Berlusconi in return for giving false evidence. Google to appeal Italian court ruling Febr.

[Buzzing News] The Google Three, Italy and Silvio Berlusconi - The Guardian: Judge Oscar Magi, left, flanked by an unidentified aide, sentences the Google executives in Milan. Photograph: AP God is everywhere, at least according to .

[Law Librarian Blog] Law Librarian Blog: Google Execs Convicted of Privacy Violations ...: That is probably scarier for Google than this one conviction.  Expect a lot of popular Internet sites to leave Italy if this decision stands. 

[Fast Company] Italy Convicts Google Execs on Privacy Invasion Charges, Revisits ...: Not so here though, as a public prosecutor in Milan decided that Google's execs were at fault, and brought a case of criminal defamation and breaching of Italian privacy laws. All four were just cleared of criminal defamation, but three--David Drummond, Peter Fleischer, George Reyes--were found guilty of privacy code violations, and face a six month jail sentence.

[Ипотпал] The Google Three, Italy and Silvio Berlusconi | Ипотпал: Silvio Berlusconi's hair transplant took centre stage today... Ипотпал Google executives convicted in Italy over abuse videoGoogle says it is 'deeply troubled' by conviction of three officials on privacy charges over bullying video .

[L&C Tech Talk] Ruling Against Google Threatens Internet Freedom | Technology ...: In Italy, where Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi owns most private media and indirectly controls public media, there is a push to further regulate the Internet than it is controlled elsewhere in Europe, or the US. Several measures are pending in Parliament here that seek to impose various control.  Critics of PM.Berlusconi say the measures go beyond routine copyright protection and are an obvious way to ward off competition from the Internet to his own private channels ”” and to keep a tighter grip on public debate.

[Young Post] Should Google be held responsible for video? « Young Post: It is the person who made the video who should  be held responsible for the content.  To blame Google because it left the video up for “too long”  is not rational -  there are many  videos online. Should website managers watch all the videos on their pages?   After Google  received complaints, the video was removed.

[My iStop - Free Blog Hosting] Privacy and copyright protection challenge Google in the European ...: Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has proposed to strengthen the network supervision, he asked, including Google's YouTube video site, including the network must accept the audit, with a fine and shut down websites, means "to prevent the invasion of privacy, copyright and other crimes." YouTube is also owned by Silvio Berlusconi's media group Mediaset commercial television prosecution, the station is Italy's largest broadcasters.

[Simple Thoughts - Java and Web Blog] Google in dire straits: violates Italian Privacy Laws: more imagesSummary Box: Google Buzz faces privacy complaintWHAT KIND OF COMPLAINT: A privacy watchdog group has filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission saying that Google's new Buzz social networking service violates federal consumer protection law. WHAT THE COMPLAINT SAYS: The group argues that Buzz raises privacy concerns because Google automatically signs up Gmail users for Buzz, rather than waiting for them to do so themselves, or "opt in" for the service.

[CyberLaw Blog] Wired.com: Does Italy's Google Conviction Portend More Censorship ...: ”˜It attacks the very principles of freedom on which the internet is built,’ Google lawyer Matt Sucherman wrote on Google’s blog. ”˜If that ’safe harbor’ principle is swept aside and sites like Blogger, YouTube and indeed every social network and any community bulletin board, are held responsible for vetting every single piece of content that is uploaded to them ”” every piece of text, every photo, every file, every video ”” then the web as we know it will cease to exist, and many of the economic, social, political and technological benefits it brings could disappear.’

[statism watch] statism watch » Blog Archive » Italy Convicts Google Execs over ...: Drummond said in a statement the verdict “sets a dangerous precedent” and meant “every employee of any internet hosting service faces similar liability.” He said the law was clear in Italy and the European Union that “hosting providers like Google are not required to monitor content that they host.”

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