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Hilarious and ridiculous. Google could legitimately afford to pull out of all business in Italy, close all offices and reject traffic from IP addresses origina
by robk 17y ago
Hilarious and ridiculous. Google could legitimately afford to pull out of all business in Italy, close all offices and reject traffic from IP addresses originating in Italy. It'd be interesting to see that as a precedent.
- veemjeem 17y agoAlternatively, people living in Italy can post up scandalous videos to all the video sites and shutdown all the video internet companies in Italy.
- Avenger42 17y agoAnd banks in the U.S. can shut down any email addresses by sending financial information to them, don't forget.
- michaelkeenan 17y agoI am not a lawyer and I really have no idea how these things work...but wouldn't Google's stockholders sue the executives if they made a decision like that? It would surely harm their profit and the stock price, so wouldn't it be a breach of fiduciary duty?
- radu_floricica 17y agoTongue in cheek as it was, this suggestion would most likely improve google profits long term.
- Avenger42 17y agoThe court is talking about putting senior Google execs in jail. Considering they'd be limiting their legal liability by cutting off service to the country, I think they'd have a pretty good rebuttal to any lawsuits.