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Google Brazil Pressured to Give Up Names

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the parade-of-lawyers dept.

Kordau writes "Google Brazil is under pressure to release user info from Orkut, relating to a child porn investigation by the Brazilian government. Google Brazil maintains that the info officials want is held on US servers and if they want the info, they should talk to Google USA."

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  1. Archibald Buttle by Reverend528 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Google Brazil should be careful. Before they turn anyone over to the ministry of information, they should make sure it's the right man and not just some typo.

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  2. Re:fair play and leverage by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think they should have to cough it up, if they want to do business in brazil.

    No company can afford to lose a brazillian customers.

  3. Boas-Vindas by faqmaster · · Score: 3, Funny

    I, para um, dão boas-vindas a nossos overlords novos de Brazillian.

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    1. Re:Boas-Vindas by computational+super · · Score: 2, Funny

      Dude, you really need to brush up on your Spanish. You're liable to insult the Brazilian culture if you get their native language all wrong.

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  4. Re:What must be done: by justinlee37 · · Score: 1, Funny

    At least until the USA declares that your country is harboring cyber copyright terrorists, and you end up being totally cut off from the rest of the intarwebs due to international pressure. Actually, that sounds a little bit too complicated, they're probably more likely to just send the National Guard to stomp all over you in the name of freedom. Which is funny, because your country would consist entirely of geeks, and the National Guard would consist entirely of the jocks who used to beat you up. Then there would probably be a huge international scandal about US soldiers torturing your civilians. IE, with flushies and wedgies.