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$200,000 Judgement Against Google In Mokbel Shots Case
niftydude writes with news of damages awarded in a case over Google image search results "Should Google be held liable for images that appear in its search results? An Australian court has said yes.
'A Melbourne man who won a defamation case against search engine giant Google has been awarded $200,000 in damages. Milorad Trkulja, also known as Michael, sued the multinational over images of him alongside a well-known underworld figure that appeared in its search results. A six-person Supreme Court jury found last month that Mr Trkulja had been defamed by the images, which he first contacted Google about removing in 2009.'"
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"However, the jury found Google’s defence of the images broke down because it did not take any steps to remove the images from its searches once Mr Trkulja’s lawyers contacted the company."
He asked Google to do something about it, and they refused. Hence the suing. Seems kinda reasonable to me.
Its not true that he is an underworld figure, yet his image (not the underworld figure) and accompaying story stated that he was.
The summary didnt mention that someone hired a hitman to kill him due to the mistaken identity, he was shot but survived.
Still, its debatable how much responsiblity google should shoulder for further promoting the defemation.