CPA Googles For His Name, Sues Google For Libel

fbform writes "Mark Maughan, an accountant, searched Google for his name on March 25 2003 and found some 'alarming, false, misleading and injurious' information about himself and his firm. Therefore, he is now suing Google, Yahoo (which used Google as its search engine at the time), AOL (for using Google to enhance its search results) and Time Warner (because they're the same company as AOL) for libel. Specifically, his lawyer John Girardi believes that Google's PageRank algorithm takes known good information and twists its context when displaying search results."

Comments

Re:Anger.... Rising...

[pfleming]

You mean he is not this guy ? Oh and for those that can't find it on Google? Click here From what I read there was a paperwork issue which caused their CPA license to be suspended and the firm to be placed on 'probation'. Sounds like he is the one twisting and distorting the facts. I was going to make a witty reference to Arthur Andersen but the only decent references to them are at Open Secrets

Re:This begs the question...

[Trolling4Dollars]

Why on Earth would anyone care about what "begging the question" means. It's all about context dude. These days, "begging the question" means "...and so that leads us to wonder". End of story. Stop being a fucking prick.

What a great idea!

[mixtape5]

I think I'm goona make a web page right now that says multiple negative things about me and then search for it on google. When it comes up as a result I will follow suit and make my fortune! Isn't America great?

This guy is ridiculous he needs to grow up and swallow his pride!

Re:In related news...

[Zeinfeld]

Funniest thing about that search --- underneath the GWB link is a Jimmy Carter link. Both are accompanied by a Google directory link.

Funny thing about the links is that neither looked particularly miserable. Carter looked like he was in a toothpaste commercial.

Bush always has an idiotic smirk on his face. His abysmal failures don't seem to upset him at all. The fact that 3/11 took place because we spent all the time and resources settling old Bush family scores rather than eliminating Bin Laden does not trouble him in the least. The sad fact is that the villified French are putting more effort into catchin Bin Laden than the US.

Bush hash trashed the economy and failed to stop the terrorists, but he got a huge tax cut for corporate fat cats and settled the score with Saddam. So he thinks he is a huge success