Another online international law conflict, this time involving Google

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Jonathan Ezor <jezor () tourolaw edu>
Date: February 2, 2009 2:46:33 PM EST
To: dave () farber net
Subject: For IP: Another online international law conflict, this time  
involving Google

According to this story in the IAPP's Privacy Advisor:

<https://www.privacyassociation.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1745&Itemid=228 
>


Google’s global privacy counsel, Peter Fleischer, is facing criminal  
charges in Italy for defamation based upon a user’s posting of a video  
to Google Video.  Mr. Fleischer was on his way to the University of  
Milan for a speaking engagement when he was met by Italian law  
enforcement officials.

As with the 1997 case of Compuserve’s Felix Somm (http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/iclp/fsomm.html 
) and the arrest of the CEO of BetOnSportsUK in Texas during a layover  
on a trip to Costa Rica, this case once again highlights the risks  
faced by online companies whose activities may be legal and protected  
in their own countries, but illegal elsewhere in the world.

Troubling, and worth watching.  {Jonathan}

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