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[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





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From: pat hache <tercasa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: September 2, 2006 3:57:54 PM EDT
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: 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

Hi Dave,

i would add that for a billion of pages or just one, the decision - and logic - should be the same.

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 ?
Patrice

On 2 sept. 06, at 14:05, David Farber wrote:

Google Inc., which refused in the past year to hand over user search data to U.S. authorities fighting children's access to pornography, said yesterday that it was complying with a Brazilian court's orders to turn over data that could help identify users accused of taking part in online communities that encourage racism, pedophilia and homophobia.

The difference, it says, is scale and purpose.

The Justice Department wanted Google's entire search index, billions of pages and two months' worth of queries, for a broad civil case. Brazil, by contrast, is looking for information in specific cases involving Google's social networking site, Orkut.

"What they're asking for is not billions of pages," said Nicole Wong, Google associate general counsel. "In most cases, it's relatively discrete -- small and narrow."



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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/01/ AR2006090100608.html



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