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French Court Orders Google To Block Pictures of Ex-F1 Chief Mosley

Posted by timothy on from the just-a-little-nazi-themed-orgy-your-honor dept.

Virtucon writes "This one goes to the old adage 'closing the stable door after the horse bolted.' A French court on Wednesday ruled that Google must remove from its search results photos of a former Formula One racing chief, Max Mosley, participating in an Nazi-themed orgy. Google could be fined up to 1,000 Euros/day for not complying. What's strange here is that Mosley A) Sued in a French Court B) Didn't go after anybody else other than Google and C) has definitely strange tastes in extracurricular activities. In this day and age it's laughable to think that once your private photos/videos hit the Internet that you have any expectation of reining them in or filtering the embarrassing parts out. Google isn't the only game in town so to speak in terms of Internet search. I wonder if his lawyers checked out Yahoo or WebCrawler?"

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  1. Fine. by NettiWelho · · Score: 4, Funny

    Google should just serve a static page to french addresses explaining who's demanding cessation of services. Problem solved.

    1. Re:Fine. by Tx · · Score: 5, Funny

      Nah. Google should just redirect French users to Bing if they search for Max Mosley pics.

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  2. How many times do I have to tell you guys by mewsenews · · Score: 3, Funny

    What happens at the nazi themed BDSM orgy stays at the nazi themed BDSM orgy!!!

    1. Re:How many times do I have to tell you guys by fahrbot-bot · · Score: 5, Funny

      What happens at the nazi themed BDSM orgy stays at the nazi themed BDSM orgy!!!

      One would think, but sooner of later it's going to spread to Poland, France...

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  3. Re:Why is he special? by immaterial · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hey, he managed to Godwin the Streisand Effect (or is it the other way around?). He's definitely special.

  4. Re:why he chose France by idontgno · · Score: 4, Funny

    I sued there because he could win there.

    Welcome to Slashdot, Mr. Mosely.

    I'd like to introduce you to a couple of our friends here: Barbra Streisand, and the Preview Button.

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  5. Re:Why is he special? by GameboyRMH · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's better! He Rule 34'd the Godwin of the Streisand effect! (or something like that).

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  6. Re:Here's an idea: by intermodal · · Score: 3, Funny

    Les Cargo

    Clippy: It looks like you aret trying to write "escargot". Would you like to continue saying "the cargo" in French?

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  7. Re:The Video by mythosaz · · Score: 3, Funny

    To paraphrase Zach and Miri,

    If you told me there was a 5 hour video of a 72-year old man getting beaten by 5 hookers, I'd say, "Why aren't we watching that right now!"

  8. Re:Why is he special? by c · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hey, he managed to Godwin the Streisand Effect

    I believe it's called "pulling a Mosley". Or if it wasn't, it is now.

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  9. Re:Why is he special? by CauseBy · · Score: 1, Funny

    Lame. I've seen hotter videos on my mom's Facebook feed.

  10. Re:Why is he special? by dyingtolive · · Score: 4, Funny

    Interesting, I've been in hotter videos on your mom's Facebook feed.

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