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Court Date Set for Google Lawsuit

Posted by Zonk on from the to-be-a-fly-on-that-wall dept.

Jason Jardine wrote to mention a C|Net story giving the date and location for Google's court case with the government. From the article: "Google's attempt to fend off the government's request for millions of search terms will move to a federal court in San Jose, Calif., on Feb. 27. U.S. District Judge James Ware on Thursday set the date for the highly anticipated hearing, which is expected to determine whether the U.S. Justice Department will prevail in its fight to force Google to help it defend an anti-pornography law this fall."

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  1. Too bad.. by JDooty1234 · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... they can't just dredge up a cache of Johnny Cochran.

  2. Google should comply by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    They should supply a list of URLs that google has indexed.

    The list should be in the form of 0 byte length files where the filename is the URL -- on a FAT partition.

    When the DOJ asks why all they see is millions of files named "http:/~1" google should point them to the FAT long filenames patents.

    Fran

  3. Re:You kidding me? by RingDev · · Score: 5, Funny

    Google is resisting a subpoena.

    It like went like this:
    Feds: Give us your records
    Google: No
    Feds: We'll sue you!
    Google: We're shaking in our booties
    Feds: [thwap] subpoena!
    Google: Hey ACLU, the Feds want your search history!
    ACLU: F' You feds!
    Feds: Hey Judge, they said no :( [pouty face]
    Judge: All right ass hats, get in here.

    -Rick

    --
    "Most people in the U.S. wouldn't know they live in a tyrannical state if it walked up and grabbed their junk." - MyFirs
  4. New Google Service by JFlex · · Score: 4, Funny

    Google must have some massive plan to organize the world's porn for faster and more efficient searching. I, for one, look forward to pr0n.google.com!

  5. Re:You kidding me? by tribentwrks · · Score: 5, Funny

    Finally someone explains politics in a way I can understand it! You should write a book explaining everything this way.

  6. Inside the Courtroom by Billosaur · · Score: 4, Funny

    Govt lawyer: We need to see this cached data if we're ever to curb terrorism!

    Google lawyer (waving hand): You don't need to see our data.

    Govt lawyer: We don't need to see their data.

    Google lawyer: You won't find any terrorists with it.

    Govt lawyer: We won't find any terrorists with it.

    Google lawyer: You are dropping your request

    Govt lawyer: We are dropping our request

    Google lawyer 2: I was sure we were dead back there.

    Google lawyer: The Force (tm) has a strong influence on the weak-minded.

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    GetOuttaMySpace - The Anti-Social Network