Switzerland Suing Google Over Street View
Nov 13, 2009 at 2:37pm ET by Matt McGee
Switzerland is taking Google to court over privacy concerns related to Google's Street View service. The BBC reports that Swiss privacy official Hanspeter Thuer is leading the country's case.
Mr Thuer is especially concerned about people shown in sensitive locations such as hospitals, prisons or schools.
He also said that the height of the camera was problematic because it allowed a view over fences, hedges and walls, meaning that more could be seen from Street View than by a normal passer-by.
Google reps and Thuer met back in August shortly after Street View launched in that country, [...]
Filed in: Google: Legal, Google: Street View
Google, Book Search Partners Ask For Four More Days
Nov 9, 2009 at 3:04pm ET by Matt McGee
Today is the deadline for Google and its partners in the Google Book Search settlement to submit a new version of the settlement that satisfies the recent concerns laid out by the US Justice Department and others.
But instead, as the New York Times reports, they've asked federal judge Denny Chin for an extension until this Friday, Nov. 13.
In their extension request, Google and the settlement parties say they met with the DOJ as recently as this past Friday, Nov. 6. Assuming the request is granted, and the revised settlement is filed by Friday, it's possible a final hearing could still h [...]
Filed in: Google: Book Search, Google: Legal
American Association Of Advertising Agencies Backs Microsoft-Yahoo Search Deal
Oct 19, 2009 at 2:50pm ET by Greg Sterling
One of the factors behind the US Justice Department's (DOJ's) objection to the now-defunct Google-Yahoo search ads deal, which was far less sweeping than the pending Yahoo-Bing/Microsoft deal, was the objection of the powerful advertising trade organization the Association of National Advertisers. Now, another advertising trade organization, the "4As," or American Association of Advertising Agencies, has formally announced its support for the Yahoo-Microsoft search deal.
Below is the full text of the letter, which was signed by 4As President and CEO Nancy Hill, along with the heads of the f [...]
Filed in: Google: Legal, Microsoft: Partnerships, Yahoo: Partnerships
Brin Defends Book Search Settlement; Google & Plaintiffs Get One Month To Revise It
Oct 9, 2009 at 2:29pm ET by Matt McGee
The clock is ticking: Google and the parties involved in the Book Search lawsuit settlement have one month from today -- until November 9 -- to revise the settlement and satisfy the recent objections from the US Justice Department and others.
That may seem like an ambitious timeframe given the amount of objections the settlement has received. It also suggests that Google and the parties involved involved don't think dramatic changes are needed to make everyone happy. In a New York Times article this week, Paul Aiken of the Authors Guild -- one of the parties that originally sued Google -- s [...]
Filed in: Google: Book Search, Google: Legal, Top News
Google Drops The Pirate Bay’s Home Page: Was It A Fake DMCA Request?
Oct 2, 2009 at 2:41pm ET by Barry Schwartz
If you search for thepiratebay in Google and scroll to the bottom of the search results, you may notice that Google has said they removed search results from the page due to a complaint they received "under the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act." The result they removed included the Pirate Bay's home page.
Here is a screen shot that shows Wikipedia coming up as the number one result for a search on the name of the web site. The second result is the main site, which I assume was not under a DMCA complaint?
As I explained, just scroll to the bottom of the page and you will see this [...]
Filed in: Google: Legal, Google: SEO, Google: Web Search
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