Google wins ‘right to be forgotten’ case in Japanese high court

Court rules that search results are a form of speech entitled to protection. The post Google wins ‘right to be forgotten’ case in Japanese high court appeared first on Search Engine Land.

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European court says linking to illegal content is copyright infringement

The facts of the present case were egregious but the law created by the court is bad for the internet. The post European court says linking to illegal content is copyright infringement appeared first on Search Engine Land.

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Court Documents Show Google Paid Apple $1 Billion For Safari Default Placement

In 2013, Morgan Stanley and Macquarie Capital estimated that Google was paying Apple around $ 1 billion annually for the privilege of being the Safari default search engine. Turns out they were right. According to a Bloomberg report citing court documents and testimony in Oracle’s copyright suit…

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Ending Decade Of Litigation, Court OKs Google Book Scanning As “Fair Use”

A three-judge panel for the US Second Circuit Court of Appeals has definitively ruled that Google’s full-text book scanning is “fair use” and thus protected from claims of copyright infringement. So unless The Authors Guild, which originally sued Google in 2005, wants to appeal to the US…

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Canadian Appeals Court Orders Google To Censor Globally

Ruling comes in same week that France demands that Google institute worldwide censorship. The post Canadian Appeals Court Orders Google To Censor Globally appeared first on Search Engine Land.

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Another Court Affirms Google’s First Amendment Control Of Search Results

Europe and the US are moving farther apart on Google. As European regulators seek ways to restrain Google’s discretion and control over search results US courts continue to affirm Google’s First Amendment right to do whatever it wants with search results. A California state court in San…

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French Court Trying To Impose Right-To-Be-Forgotten Decision On Google Worldwide

Google is facing daily fines of €1,000 in France, under a punitive ruling tied to the Right-to-Be-Forgotten (RTBF), unless it removes links to an article from its index globally, according to The Guardian. Several politicians in Europe have recently suggested that the RTBF should extend to all…

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Blogger Fined By French Court Because Negative Restaurant Review Was Too Prominent In Google

A French court has ordered a blogger to pay a substantial fine and change the title of a restaurant review because the review was too prominent in search results and harmed business at the restaurant. The post has since been removed but can be viewed here (via TechDirt). The restaurant, Il…

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Supreme Court Rules Street View “Wiretapping” Class Action Can Proceed Against Google

According to the Wall Street Journal, the U.S. Supreme Court will not review a U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision allowing a class-action lawsuit that argues Google violated the federal “Wiretap Act” when it intercepted private email and other personal data. The appellate court decision…

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Larry Page On EU Right To Be Forgotten: “Could Have Arrived At More Practical Place Than Court Ruling”

Larry Page offered his thoughts on the European court’s “Right To Be Forgotten” ruling during an interview at Google’s I/O conference this week with New York Times reporter Farhad Manjoo. Page claimed it would have been better if there had been more discussion around the…

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