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Posting Date: April 26, 2002
 

German railway operator to sue Google over sabotage links -- "Deutsche Bahn AG, the German national railway operator, plans to file suit tomorrow against Google Inc. because the company's search engine provides links to a Web site that offers instructions on how to sabotage railway systems, Deutsche Bahn said Tuesday. Lawsuits against Yahoo Inc. and AltaVista Co. are also being prepared."

 

  

Reader Comments...
 

How ridiculous is it to think that by removing links from the web, you rid yourself of sabotage, terrorism or any other ugly act man can concoct? Yes, getting rid of the links may make it harder to find information, but the problem will not go away.

By bringing a lawsuit, Deutsche Bahn is worsening its problem by letting even more people know this stuff is out there. As the suit progresses, every news report will make the information they want to squelch more prominent in the public view.

Posted by: on April 26, 2002 08:52 AM

 

I agree with the anonymous post. I dont think that you can make terrorism or sabotage go away by getting rid of links. But if anybody was to argue that you could, I would just say that you would need to get rid of all links for hacking, chemical reactors, poison, and what have you.

But it seems like Google and AltaVista have already removed the link. I couldnt find any kind of information about their reasoning. But here's the link that says they already have:
Link Removed

Posted by: Berna on April 26, 2002 09:44 AM

 

I wasn't sure what forget personal information meant, so clicked it to see what would happen. Found out it left my ID off my comment. Perhaps the button would be better labeled post anonymously.

This whole issue brings up a good question: If businesses in different countries are expected to abide by each others' laws in the web arena, will they also be expected to abide by laws in other areas, such as copyright?

Posted by: js on April 26, 2002 10:49 AM

 

js, I took your advice. I changed the button to POST ANONYMOUSLY. Thanks.

Posted by: John S. Rhodes on April 28, 2002 10:25 PM

 

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