Darren's Blog » Only in America http://www.castleofbones.net Rarely updated, barely interesting but all mine Wed, 23 Mar 2011 13:54:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Google Street View privacy issue dismissed http://www.castleofbones.net/2009/02/google-street-view-privacy-issue-dismissed/ http://www.castleofbones.net/2009/02/google-street-view-privacy-issue-dismissed/#comments Fri, 20 Feb 2009 09:15:27 +0000 Darren http://www.castleofbones.net/?p=96 Continue reading →]]> Judge dismisses Google lawsuit via BBC NEWS | Technology.

I’ve gotta say this one made me smile, I’ve even created a new tag for it “only in America”…

A legal claim by a Pitsburg couple, The Borings, that a picture of their house on Google Street View caused them “mental suffering” blah, blah, blah!

I for one am happy to see this case thrown out of court.  The whole “sue you” culture that has evolved in the US and is now spreading into UK culture is wrong, in my opinion it lessens us as a people and trivialises true suffering .  

It would have been so easy for Google to pay the $25,000 to make this go away, they could have paid the money and essentially press the same button the Boring’s didn’t even bother to.  But to have done so would have lent credence to this idiotic claim, so Google stuck to their guns and won.

Got any other stories of ludicrous “sue you” cases being thrown out?  Leave a comment.

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