And, then, sue the god, for his/her creations did the crime.. And, if the god can't be sued, well, sue the Pope.
Side note: The blog doesn't mention, but why did the Italians pick these 4 people. What is there connection, if any, to this whole episode?
Unfortunately here in italy the vast majority of people don't know english so they can't even be informed of what's happening outside the country.
My usage of "Italians" was just a common English shortening of "Italian authorities" to "Italians" based on the context.
By "Italians" I did not mean Italian people, but just the Italian authorities, that too specifically the ones involved in this case.
TVs should, at this point, have significant technology to figure out that someone is getting beat up on the display and stop the user from viewing it.
But the cause of Freedom is not best served by holding up "freedom to laugh at retards" as a fundamental right.
Let's not forget that Google is perfectly technologically capable of filtering its content - and we know that because it does it in China.
In any LLC or publicly held company this is simply not true, legally.
No, they don't. Google owned and operated the site that hosted the video; they have the full responsibility for insuring that they abide by Italian law. Guilty as charged.
It was originally meant to protect providers of online bulletin boards, as this was some time before the Web 2.0 kind of user information sharing exploded.
Sure, I would like to have material like that magically disappear too, along with the kind of people who would do such a thing. But if we move the level of discourse into the real world rather than la-la land, we have to accept that we can neither use magic, nor vet every piece of content prior to publishing it.
You are free to post obnoxious shit on the internet without it being vetted first, just like you are free to say obnoxious shit without permission from anyone. The consequences come afterwards — and the fault is yours, not the providers of the medium you chose as the vessel for your content.
Freedom of speech ain't pretty. But the alternative is much much worse. This is the only way it can be done.
And in the case of free speech, this would mean Italy is doing the equivalent of trying to jail air for not maintaining privacy. Or, perhaps more accurately, they're jailing one who makes air (God and/or plants, take your pick) for not making air shut certain people up before they say something wrong.
It makes no sense no matter how you look at it. Even if there isn't freedom of speech in a location, you don't put the papermakers in jail because someone wrote something mean on it.
Why don't they convict the ISPs, Internet Cafe's or the Computer Manufacturers?
They have the same responsibility as Google has on this issue.