Italian Court Says Yahoo Is Liable For People Finding Infringing Movie Via Its Search

[TheFaQQer]

Linky

So - the search engines trawl the web to find pages. People search for things and then break the law when they find illegal content.

Warning for all you Majestic-12 users out there

[wobbegong]

Warning for all you Majestic-12 users out there

Yeah, both of you, watch out.

[MarillionFan]

Yeah, both of you, watch out.

Nah,it's back to one. AtW's mum is using Minestrones search engine.

[Spacecadet]

Nah,it's back to one. AtW's mum is using Minestrones search engine.

never heard it called that before!

[Peoplesoft bloke]

The Italian Courts seem to be having a go at google just lately

[OwlHoot]

The Italian Courts seem to be having a go at google just lately

That's an interesting legal conundrum - If you type, say, "kiddie fiddl" into Google which then autocompletes to

kiddie fiddler Bill Bloggs

kiddie fiddler Joe Schmoe

etc

any guys with those names could reasonably argue that Google is casting aspersions on them, verging on libel!

[Peoplesoft bloke]

That's an interesting legal conundrum - If you type, say, "kiddie fiddl" into Google which then autocompletes to

kiddie fiddler Bill Bloggs

kiddie fiddler Joe Schmoe

etc

any guys with those names could reasonably argue that Google is casting aspersions on them, verging on libel!

That's it really - except I think they were saying people typed Bill Bloggs and it autocompleted "crooked theiving scum"