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Woman wins 12-year legal battle against Google

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Re: Woman wins 12-year legal battle against Google

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Seems to be about Google making something from "Ripoff Report" available, on which were defamatory statements about the plaintiff.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ripoff_Report

An interesting business model, to be sure... And a clash of two legal regimes, one in which Ripoff Report can operate and another in which Google can be sued for indexing / linking to them.

It's like, pick your poison...

Re: Woman wins 12-year legal battle against Google

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Read another way, > Woman loses 12 years of her life to a legal battle against Google

nah she won and did a great service to her fellow human beings. this was not lost or wasted time. people spend decades on far more "useless" things - not that there is anything wrong with that

Re: Woman wins 12-year legal battle against Google

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Seems to be about Google making something from "Ripoff Report" available, on which were defamatory statements about the plaintiff. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ripoff_Report An interesting business model, to be sure... And a clash of two legal regimes, one in which Ripoff Report can operate and another in which Google can be sued for indexing / linking to them. It's like, pick your poison...

i find it mindboggling that criminal records are so accessible in the US - so that something like ripoff report is a legal business there does not surprise me in the least

Re: Woman wins 12-year legal battle against Google

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Read another way, > Woman loses 12 years of her life to a legal battle against Google

nah she won and did a great service to her fellow human beings. this was not lost or wasted time. people spend decades on far more "useless" things - not that there is anything wrong with that

Indeed, society needs such people. Heroic, in a way.
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