A Defamation Declaration: Google Wins U.K. Libel Suit

Courtesy Linux Today  Wed, 07/22/2009 - 09:33

Wall Street Journal: "Justice David Eady ruled that Google's Internet search engine isn't considered a publisher under defamation law, and therefore isn't responsible for the content of the short descriptions of Web sites that appear in Google searches."

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