Serious threat to the web in Italy

Re:Serious threat to the web in Italy by hubb on Wednesday February 24, 2010 @07:19AM (#1147798)

"Nevertheless, a judge in Milan today convicted 3 of the 4 defendants -- David Drummond, Peter Fleischer and George Reyes -- for failure to comply with the Italian privacy code. All 4 were found not guilty of criminal defamation."

is that last part a typo? or is my ignorance of legalese showing?

edit: ah, so apparently they were given a suspended sentence, but absolved of the defamation part.

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Re:Serious threat to the web in Italy by Super_Jambo on Wednesday February 24, 2010 @07:21AM (#1147803)

3 guilty of 'failure to comply with the Italian privacy code.'

0 guilty of 'criminal defamation'

Two separate charges.

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Re:Serious threat to the web in Italy by Evgeny on Wednesday February 24, 2010 @07:53AM (#1147845)

What were they sentenced to, by the way? I didn't notice any mention of that.

Edit: found in the neighbor thread. "The three received a suspended six-month sentence for the conviction on violating the youth's privacy."

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Re:Serious threat to the web in Italy by Groxx on Wednesday February 24, 2010 @12:20PM (#1148477)

I wonder... did they? I'd bet the TOS / Privacy agreement prior to upload would've mentioned something like "you are responsible for your content".

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