Google Found Guilty of Libel For Search Results In Australia

Meshach writes "Google has been found guilty for refusing to take down a libelous search result in an Australian court (ruling). Music promoter Milorad Trkulja sued Google for refusing to take down links to website articles promoting libelous claims that Trkulja was connected to organized crime in Melbourne. Google told Trkulja to contact the sites on which the offensive materials were posted, as those webmasters controlled the content. But the Supreme Court of Victoria decided Google was responsible for removing the damaging links the moment Trkulja asked them to remove the content. As a result of the jury's decision in the case, Google will have to pay $200,000 in damages to Trkulja."

Comments

Hmm if I lived in Australia

[Spy Handler]

can I sue Slashdot for libel? The bastards incorrectly put "Troll" and "Flamebait" next to my posts.

Re:Milorad Trkulja is a criminal?

[Nyder]

Fuck you Judge David Beach.

Now sue me, you wombat fucking pervert.

The International Collation of Wombats are suing you for libel for comparing them to the Judge David Beach.

Re:Austrailia != Free Country

[Samantha Wright]

At least there is one universal constant: we can blame Serbian (and maybe a few related languages.) The trick is that they throw unstressed vowels in to pad things out, but it's hard to predict where. Ctvrtlik = "stuh-vert-lick", and I think Trkulja = "truh-kool-yah", but it's hard to be sure. Could be "tur-kool-yah".