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    News - Italian court challenges Internet freedom

    An Italian court has convicted three Google executives for hosting a video of a crime being committed.
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    Re: News - Italian court challenges Internet freedom

    Shocking......let's hope it is overturned, else I can see the music and film industries jumping on this in a big way and getting seriously overly-heavy-handed.
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    Re: News - Italian court challenges Internet freedom

    It has to be eventually overturned. The consequences are too ridiculous to consider otherwise.

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    Re: News - Italian court challenges Internet freedom

    this serious?

    its not april fools day yet....

    if you dont know to use youtube or google then dont, why moan about privacy?
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    Re: News - Italian court challenges Internet freedom

    Nice one Italy.

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    Re: News - Italian court challenges Internet freedom

    Wow... just wow.

    Since when have individuals suddenly lost all responsibility for their actions?

    The people are messed up, not the internet... fix them.

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    Re: News - Italian court challenges Internet freedom

    Kangaroo court. Wouldn't happen in the UK or in most other European nations.

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    Re: News - Italian court challenges Internet freedom

    I just thought the whole thing was plain silly tbh.... Obviously there will be some bad apples but you take care of them ones... give people the means to express themselves and you get done for it even though they didn't actually do the deed??!
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    Re: News - Italian court challenges Internet freedom

    Surely this can't stand up? I mean come on! What the hell happened to common sense?!

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    Re: News - Italian court challenges Internet freedom

    Quote Originally Posted by Singh400 View Post
    What the hell happened to common sense?!
    Have you ever heard anything about how the political and legal system works in Italy?

    There is a reason I'm grateful to be British, because when compared to the likes of the Italians, we're amazingly awesome.
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    Re: News - Italian court challenges Internet freedom

    Quote Originally Posted by ma10 View Post
    I just thought the whole thing was plain silly tbh.... Obviously there will be some bad apples but you take care of them ones... give people the means to express themselves and you get done for it even though they didn't actually do the deed??!
    Even in the UK, you don't have to have done the deed. For instance, look at the role of publishers in defamation, including defamation on the internet.

    That's not to say I think this Italian decision is anything other than daft, but it's not so far from what we have here.

    And it's one of the reasons forums like this are moderated. Some things members do or say could get HEXUS sued, and you then have to assess how likely it is that you'll get sued and whether you're prepared to take the chance or not.

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