EU court backs 'right to be forgotten' in Google case

[ingemann]

None of our Euros have an opinion on this?  Perhaps you're appropriately embarrassed?

You know I find your Stockholm Syndrome toward BB fascinating.

As for this case it's not a big deal. You more or less have to sue search engines for them to remove these information, and there they major difference between USA and most of the rest of the World in. Outside USA it's a major investment to sue someone, the compensation when you sue are smaller, so it's very rare to see a lawyer willing to sue against getting part of the compensation, so this is expensive for the plaintiff, so this are unlikely to be very expensive for Search Engines.

[ingemann]

You don't think the same thing is going to happen every time a rich guy tries to get a link removed from every search engine in the world?

Why do you presume this is only available to rich people? The media reports suggest there are many applicants already. Surely they won't all result in their cases being highlighted - I'm presuming they'll get some safety in numbers.

I'm not the only one that thinks that way.

As for this case it's not a big deal. You more or less have to sue search engines for them to remove these information, and there they major difference between USA and most of the rest of the World in. Outside USA it's a major investment to sue someone, the compensation when you sue are smaller, so it's very rare to see a lawyer willing to sue against getting part of the compensation, so this is expensive for the plaintiff, so this are unlikely to be very expensive for Search Engines.

I didn't say anything about rich people, most middle class people could afford these lawsuit, but it would be a significant investment, which would ensure few people would care to push these cases.