In a ruling that could have profound implications for the future of the Internet, three Google executives were convicted of privacy violations on Wednesday over a video that aired briefly in 2006 on the now-defunct Google Video site. David Drummond, Google’s SVP and chief legal officer, Peter Fleischer, the company’s chief privacy counsel, and George Reyes, its CFO, were all given six-month prison sentences by Judge Oscar Magi for allowing the posting of a video depicting the bullying of a disabled teen by classmates in a Turin technical school.
Palleeeze!
The Italian court convicted to the adviser of the quality control inspector who produces the light bulbs for the lamp post on which the video was posted. That's more than a little absurd.
Well then. Pursue the poster? Was the poster involved in recording the video and then posting it? If so was the poster making public the abuse of this individual? Does the poster's motives and nature of his/her involvement matter?
Probably, but where does vivo fit into all of this and what does any of this have to do with the trial and conviction of the quality control inspector's adviser?
I've never been a fan of Italian politics and its impact on the Italian Judicial System.
Is all this relevant to the American way of life?
Hell yes, on a lot of levels. Sufficient to say that this case is abjectly disgusting. The spirit of the net has been stomped by these jurists.
There's a lot more at stake here though.
There's a current trend toward the politicization of the American Justice System.
More and more a successful election campaign for judges depends on large contributions leading to bias on the behalf of the judge.
I offer as an example Tulane's legislated change of status under Gubernatorial pressure and the failure of a state supreme court judge (who was also bought) to rule justly on a challenge. A suit that was won by concerned citizens to prevent the construction of yet another polluting international corporation in their neighborhood known as "Cancer Alley". Tulane's law lab represented them. Tulane's funding dried up. Ludicrous!!!
So what's my point? How far is the American Judicial system from becoming as glaringly corrupt as the Italian's?
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Italian Court Shoots the Messenger
Posted by: Katherine Noyes February 24, 2010 11:34 AMIn a ruling that could have profound implications for the future of the Internet, three Google executives were convicted of privacy violations on Wednesday over a video that aired briefly in 2006 on the now-defunct Google Video site. David Drummond, Google’s SVP and chief legal officer, Peter Fleischer, the company’s chief privacy counsel, and George Reyes, its CFO, were all given six-month prison sentences by Judge Oscar Magi for allowing the posting of a video depicting the bullying of a disabled teen by classmates in a Turin technical school.
The Italian court convicted to the adviser of the quality control inspector who produces the light bulbs for the lamp post on which the video was posted. That's more than a little absurd.
Well then. Pursue the poster? Was the poster involved in recording the video and then posting it? If so was the poster making public the abuse of this individual? Does the poster's motives and nature of his/her involvement matter?
Probably, but where does vivo fit into all of this and what does any of this have to do with the trial and conviction of the quality control inspector's adviser?
I've never been a fan of Italian politics and its impact on the Italian Judicial System.
Is all this relevant to the American way of life?
Hell yes, on a lot of levels. Sufficient to say that this case is abjectly disgusting. The spirit of the net has been stomped by these jurists.
There's a lot more at stake here though.
There's a current trend toward the politicization of the American Justice System.
More and more a successful election campaign for judges depends on large contributions leading to bias on the behalf of the judge.
I offer as an example Tulane's legislated change of status under Gubernatorial pressure and the failure of a state supreme court judge (who was also bought) to rule justly on a challenge. A suit that was won by concerned citizens to prevent the construction of yet another polluting international corporation in their neighborhood known as "Cancer Alley". Tulane's law lab represented them. Tulane's funding dried up. Ludicrous!!!
So what's my point? How far is the American Judicial system from becoming as glaringly corrupt as the Italian's?