Peter writes: An eight-year legal saga has now come to an end. Yesterday, in Rome, the Italian Supreme Court (Cassazione) acquitted me, as well as two other Googlers, for violating Italian privacy law in a case that stemmed from a user-generated video. Read more on his blog.
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Appeal of Google executives convicted by Milan court now underway
Regular readers may remember when Peter Fleischer, Google’s Global Privacy Counsel, was convicted by an Italian court for supposedly violating Italian privacy law. Peter had done nothing, but he was convicted because Google supposedly violated Italian privacy law by hosting a video uploaded by a Google Video user that showed a disabled youth being bullied….
Google convictions reveal two flaws in EU law, not just Italian law
Struan Robertson, editor of Out-Law.com, writes: OPINION: Criticism of last week’s conviction of three Google executives has focused on Italy’s legal system. That focus risks missing a wider point. Web hosts are unfairly exposed all across the EU and two legal changes are needed. For now we can only speculate on the court’s reasons. Regardless…
Italian Court Finds Google Violated Privacy
Eric Sylvers and Eric Pfanner report: Three Google executives were convicted of violating Italian privacy laws on Wednesday in a case that the company says could undermine freedom of expression on the Internet. The case involved online videos showing an autistic boy being bullied by classmates in Turin. They were posted in 2006 on Google…