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Court Rules Against Woman Who Didn't Like Search Results
The Seventh Circuit Court has ruled that Beverly Stayart can't sue Yahoo! because she did not like what she saw on the results page after searching for her name. Stayart claimed that her "internet presence" was damaged by Yahoo! because results for a search of her name showed listings which included pharmaceuticals and adult oriented websites. The court disagreed. From the article: "Stayart had sued under Section 43(a) of the federal Lanham Act, which prohibits false advertising, false implications of endorsement, and so on. Her problem was that a Lanham Act claim requires a showing that the plaintiff has a 'commercial interest' to protect, and Stayart did not have a commercial interest in her own name."
hahah, don't you know... PEOPLE don't matter anymore... can't let people sue corporations and win. The courts only help corporations and richer people now... rule of law, precedents, constitution, ethics, morals, sense of fairness are all gone. That being said, I do agree with this ruling. I just don't expect the courts to have helped this woman even if she was totally right.