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CPA Googles For His Name, Sues Google For Libel

Posted by timothy on from the sue-you-sue-anyone dept.

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."

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  1. In related news... by gregwbrooks · · Score: 5, Funny

    Googling for "litigious schmuck" now turns up a new entry...

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    1. Re:In related news... by dtfinch · · Score: 5, Funny

      bastards

    2. Re:In related news... by AndroidCat · · Score: 5, Funny

      Here's some more alarming news for him: His computer is broadcasting an IP address! He should probably sue the Internet.

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  2. Let him sue Slashdot next by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hey everybody, I heard that Mark Maughan once killed a man in Reno just to watch him die!

    He also has poor math skills and failed basic algebra twice.

    1. Re:Let him sue Slashdot next by davisk · · Score: 5, Funny

      I once saw Mark Maughan scissor kick Angela Lansbury!

  3. Re:Isn't page rank dead? by DRUNK_BEAR · · Score: 5, Funny

    You mean this technology I presume...

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  4. When google gives wrong info me by randomwalker · · Score: 5, Funny

    When google gives wrong info on me(other people have same name), i just add their stuff to my resume.
    I gained a dance school and a few civil war books in my resume experiences.

  5. Re:Oh the horror, oh the tragedy!!!! by KillerHamster · · Score: 5, Funny

    Or accountants, for that matter.