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Steffi Graf Wins Case Vs. Microsoft
scaramush writes: "The AP is reporting that Steffi Graf has won her lawsuit against Microsoft for hosting nude doctored photos of her. Although Microsoft had removed the images when they appeared in June, MS declined to sign a formal agreement that they would not appear again. This is the second loss for MS in this case. Scary precedent."
I was hoping that link would take me to the doctored nude photos. Of course that would probably get slashdot sued, too...
Thank god for Anna Kournikova...
Who wants to see nude photos of Steffi Graf, anyway? Between this and the whole David Hasselhoff thing, I'd have to say that the Germans are weird as hell.
I guess it's a really scary precedent if you're intent on publishing libelous material online.
For the rest of us, Our Rights Online are not affected. Next Chicken Little story, please.
- A.P.
"Remember when the U.S. had a drug problem, and then we declared a War On Drugs, and now you can't buy drugs anymore?"
Grander said Microsoft is "examining further legal steps.
They used Graf's likeness without permission and they lost the case. When will they just quit already?
It's ironic that they got bitten by the same laws they so sternly uphold. It works both ways, y'know.
I am the evil aardvark!
and you europeans say the US is fucked up? With the French Yahoo fiasco, and now this, methinks you should clean up shit on your side of the pond.Eurotrolls begone!
For those of you who want to see the image:
http://www.harvey-mayson.co.uk/steffi.jpg
And it only gets worse!
What if this decisions is used as leverage to convince governments around the world that they need to adopt Passport (or it's succesor)/.Net/Next-Big-Bucket-o'-Shit M$ churns out to handle things like -- *dum dum dum!* Digital Rights Management!
"Why yes Mr. Clinton, we could use this system to put naked pictures of you on the net...but why? Most people want to take that kind of thing off--oh, wait..."
"Microsoft -- helping the rich and famous manage their public image through absolute control and domination of all Media!...well, at least the stuff AOL-TimeWarner et. al. don't already rule with an iron fist..."
"Idiotic international laws, meet common sense; common sense, meet idiotic inter--oh my God! He's chewing off the nose of common sense!"
Kingstrum
You think Microsoft doesn't have any business in Germany? Learn to read.
Do you believe that guns should be outlawed or at least regulated where you live (providing they aren't already)?
If so then my post won't mean squat.
However, if you don't believe that then just think that when the first guns were made their sole intentions were to kill. When a gun is manufactured today it's sole intention is to kill. There is no gray area. I may buy a gun for self defense but if I'm ever forced to use it you better believe that it will be to kill.
Therefore gun manufacturers are just as guilty for murders as Napster is for music piracy.
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Garett
Yeah, but unlike Bill Gates, Steffi Graf lets you play the game Lesbian Or German Lady?