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ZiNgA BuRgA · 05/12/2010 12:54 AM

Quote:At long last, the couple that sued Google for its Street View capture of their home and yard have achieved victory, in the form of a single dollar. The judge handed down the decision today, and while it's technically a win for the little guy, it doesn't make Google exactly a target for emotional duress money.

In April 2008, Aaron and Christine Boring filed suit on multiple counts against Google over Google Maps' Street View images of their private road. The same information was already available elsewhere on the internet, as well as documents on the home's sale and price, and many of the counts were thrown out. Likewise, an appeal was turned down.

Still, the couple pursued the only viable charge: a Count II Trespass. Two and half years later, the court ruled has ruled in their favor, conceding that, technically, they have a point. But their blatant lack of concern about privacy in other venues (including the fact that the couple did not seal the suit so their names wouldn't be attached) must have grated on the judge, because they were awarded a grand total of $1 in nominal damages.

- Source: [Arstechnica]

asciicat · 05/12/2010 12:57 AM

Wow. Was it worth it? Probably

Sparker · 05/12/2010 02:36 AM

I don't think that's the first time someone or a company was sued for $1

SkyDX · 05/12/2010 06:19 AM

Hey, I would have done the same, the amount doesn't matter but they won over google, that's quite an achievement Hihi

eKusoshisut0 · 05/12/2010 09:47 AM

A victory over Google is still a victory

hecaitomix · 05/12/2010 09:57 AM

idiocy.

trademark91 · 05/12/2010 10:55 AM

but...why?

Slushba132 · 05/12/2010 11:21 AM

If anything... I think you're a fucking donkey e.e
Like those people that sue McDonald's just because it's McDonald's, it's sort of like, you're better than me, so I'm going to be a dick about it

Silvertie · 05/12/2010 05:23 PM

The price is right.
A pathetic reward for a very pathetic string of complaints.

Seriously, what. Can people now be sued for looking at other people's houses?

ZiNgA BuRgA · 05/12/2010 05:50 PM

(05/12/2010 05:23 PM)Silvertie Wrote: Can people now be sued for looking at other people's houses?

I think putting pictures online is a bit different to merely looking at peoples' houses, but as the article put it, they already had pictures online, so double you tee eff to them, lol.
Personally though, I don't think putting pictures online is that bad, as long as there isn't something terribly objectionable (eg someone naked caught in the picture) - after all, it's in public view anyway. Some may have objections, for example, if it happens to be captured at a bad time, but IDK too much about privacy. Maybe de-localising some information is considered some form of invasion of privacy (ie acting a fool in front of your neighbours vs in front of the world).

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