Google Subpoenaed by American Airlines

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

It would appear that Google's legal dance card is quite full
these days.

Vie The Merc.

[snip]

American Airlines wants Google to reveal the identity of a person who the airline says posted a copyrighted video on 
Google's video Web site.

Filed under the controversial Digital Millennium Copyright Act, a subpoena issued Feb. 21 demands "all documents" 
concerning the person who posted a video titled ``Flight Attendant, Upside Down,'' on Google Video.

The airline claims the clip was excerpted from a copyrighted training video. If the video is copyrighted, Google will 
probably be forced to comply, said Cindy Cohn, legal director for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a San 
Francisco-based group that advocates for digital rights.

The airline's request highlights the limited protection of anonymity online. Although many Web sites say they will 
protect users' privacy, many also say they will turn over some material in legal disputes -- for example, copyrighted 
material.

"Hosts like Google won't be able to protect your anonymity, and in many instances won't be interested in it," Cohn said.

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More:
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/mercurynews/business/technology/14043494.htm

- ferg


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 Engineering Architecture for the Internet
 fergdawg () netzero net or fergdawg () sbcglobal net
 ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/


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