Judge Dismisses Google Street View Case

angry tapir writes "A judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Pennsylvania family against Google after the company took and posted images of the outside of their house in its Maps service. The lawsuit, filed in April 2008, drew attention because it sought to challenge Google's right to take street-level photos for its Maps' Street View feature. Judge Amy Reynolds Hay from the US District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania granted Google's request for dismissing the lawsuit because 'the plaintiffs have failed to state a claim under any count.'"

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Re:roadkill

[Renderer of Evil]

I'll see your deer photo and raise you Pittsburgh Samurai Battle

Re:roadkill

[bacontaco]

Street View blurs faces and license plates.

Google maps is also good at respecting the privacy of retired military officers!

Re:roadkill

[KeithJM]

If you leave the door to your home open and come home to find that someone is photographing your things

The next product from Google Labs! It's like Google search for your PC, it's Google House View (beta). Can't remember what your bathroom floor looks like, can't see it from the sofa, and you're too lazy to stand up? Google can help!

Re:roadkill

[TheRaven64]

You appear to be testing whether the car is equal to the constant expression 'allowed to be here' rather than testing whether the 'allowed to be here' property for the car is true. Since you are comparing things of two different types for equality, it seems that the most likely result of this will be to fire missiles at everything that approaches.

Remind me not to visit your house...