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Google Video executives' Italian conviction overturned | Google Video executives' Italian conviction overturned |
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An Italian court has overturned the conviction of three Google executives found guilty of breaking Italian law by allowing a video of a bullied teenager to be posted online. | An Italian court has overturned the conviction of three Google executives found guilty of breaking Italian law by allowing a video of a bullied teenager to be posted online. |
The clip was uploaded in 2006 and had featured a boy with autism. | The clip was uploaded in 2006 and had featured a boy with autism. |
The employees were given six-month suspended jail sentences in 2010. | The employees were given six-month suspended jail sentences in 2010. |
Google had appealed against the ruling, saying it had removed the video within two hours of being notified by the authorities. | Google had appealed against the ruling, saying it had removed the video within two hours of being notified by the authorities. |
The three employees - global privacy counsel Peter Fleischer, chief legal officer David Drummond and former Google Italy board member George De Los Reyes - had been convicted of privacy violations, but absolved of defamation in the original case. | The three employees - global privacy counsel Peter Fleischer, chief legal officer David Drummond and former Google Italy board member George De Los Reyes - had been convicted of privacy violations, but absolved of defamation in the original case. |
The offending video clip was a mobile phone upload showing four students at a school in Turin bullying the victim. Prosecutors had highlighted that it had been online for two months despite several users posting comments calling for its removal. | |
At the time Google had said it would be impossible to pre-screen every film posted to its sites to check their contents. | At the time Google had said it would be impossible to pre-screen every film posted to its sites to check their contents. |
The firm described the appeal ruling as a "victory". | The firm described the appeal ruling as a "victory". |
"We're very happy that the verdict has been reversed and our colleagues' names have been cleared," said a spokesman, | "We're very happy that the verdict has been reversed and our colleagues' names have been cleared," said a spokesman, |
"Of course, while we're all delighted with the appeal, our thoughts continue to be with the family who have been through the ordeal." | "Of course, while we're all delighted with the appeal, our thoughts continue to be with the family who have been through the ordeal." |
Giovanni Maria Riccio, professor of IT Law at the University of Salerno, described the ruling as a "landmark decision" since it signalled that internet services were not obligated to monitor all their content. | Giovanni Maria Riccio, professor of IT Law at the University of Salerno, described the ruling as a "landmark decision" since it signalled that internet services were not obligated to monitor all their content. |
"Another condemnation for Google would had jeopardised investments of big internet players in Italy and would had a negative impact also on small operators and ISPs [internet service providers], which are not in the condition of monitoring contents on their service," he told the BBC. | "Another condemnation for Google would had jeopardised investments of big internet players in Italy and would had a negative impact also on small operators and ISPs [internet service providers], which are not in the condition of monitoring contents on their service," he told the BBC. |
"It is a happy news not only for Italy, but for the whole internet." | "It is a happy news not only for Italy, but for the whole internet." |
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