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more on for a billion of pages or just one,the decision - and logic - should be the same (was: I don't like the logic.-- Google turning search data over toBrazil court
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2006 08:27:20 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Allen Firstenberg <prisoner () addventure com> Date: September 3, 2006 8:17:46 AM EDT To: David Farber <dave () farber net>Subject: Re: [IP] for a billion of pages or just one,the decision - and logic - should be the same (was: I don't like the logic.-- Google turning search data over toBrazil court
I think Pat has overlooked one distinction in the google issue when he says
or should we consider that Google is acting as a judge deciding what,s good or bad, for any reason they should be solely responsable to appreciate ?
The article notes that it was a Brazilian _court_ who ordered the records, vs the US _Justice_Department_ (a division of the executive branch). Now, I will not pretend to understand the Brazilian system of government, but both Wikipedia and the CIA Factbook seem to indicate that the Judicial branch is independent of the Executive branch, much as it is in the US. Assuming the similarity, I hope we can see the difference: - In this case, a judge _has_ reviewed the request and ordered the information be turned over. Google is complying with what appears to be a legal request. - In the US case, there has been no such review, so Google is (apparently) perfectly within its legal rights to refrain from turning the information over. Now, what if some country (and I will not name names) that did not have such protections in place made a request, no matter how legal it was in that country? What is Google's legal obligation? What is the obligation of the international community? Doing or not doing evil is, unfortunately, not always black and white, no matter what a motto might declare. Allen ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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