Google Gives Up IP of Anonymous Blogger

An anonymous reader alerts us to a story out of Israel in which Google (its Israeli subsidiary) gave up the IP address of a Blogger user without being compelled to do so by a court. A preliminary ruling was issued in which a court indicated that the slander the blogger was accused of probably rose to the level of a criminal violation. Google Israel then made a deal with the plaintiffs, local city councilmen whom the blogger had been attacking for a year. Google disclosed the IP address only to the court, which posted a message (Google says the anonymous blogger got it) inviting him/her to contest the ruling anonymously. When no response was received within 3 days, Google turned over the IP address to the plaintiffs' lawyers.

Comments

I look forward to

[gentlemen_loser]

reading the comments mindlessly defending how this is not "evil". Google is now beholden only to investors and the all-mighty dollar. Everything is fair game.

Re:I look forward to

[BlueMerle]

mindlessly defending how this is not "evil".

Wow! So I'm to take it that from this one article you now have all the information you need to call anyone that disagrees with you "mindless"!

Seems somewhat "narrow minded" to me. You must be a Republican!

Re:What the hell...

[goldspider]

When in doubt, blame it on the JEWS!!1!one!