Google: reactions and discussions in Italian Court

Within two months, Google cashes another conviction by an Italian Court. This time, the reactions of multinational and foreign press are very hard.

Google starts to show signs of impatience with the Italian courts rather than to the attacks by Chinese hackers. Only two months ago the Italian courts had accepted the demand for compensation made by Microsoft for copyright violations related to sharing publication on the site of its television programs. Then even a criminal conviction for 3 managers of the company in Mountain View by the Court of Milan for the famous story of the videos of beatings with a guy down (this time the accused is YouTube but Google Video).

If we add that in the meantime was filed one set from the Control Authority for Competition of the EU Commission, it is understandable that the atmosphere in the offices of Google is the most relaxed. This is confirmed by the post published on the official company blog, where, after a brief exposure of the affair, she complains that the verdict of the Italian courts could be a threat to the libertarian principles on which it is based Network

In fact, the fear is likely to constitute a principle that requires owners to file sharing services and social networking specific obligations of supervision over the conduct of their users. An even greater risk to Chinese censorship and could engulf the giant search engine under a mountain of official documents.

In America, the case has reignited the spotlight on the Italian judicial system, already the subject of debate and controversy following the ruling on the murder of Meredith Kercher. Obviously browsing blogs and online magazine overseas is easy to find representations of the Italian judicial system linked to stereotypes and ignorance. But it is also true that he protested against the sentence even the U.S. Ambassador to Italy and that Google has already announced action, saying he was confident to overturn the verdict.
Our hope is that we can take the cue from the outcry over this whole issue to promote a debate, much needed on the relationship between the protection of individuals and collective freedom.