Just Googling It Is Striking Fear Into Companies

The NY Times, Technology ^ | Nov. 6, 2005 | Steve Lohr

[Gondring]

That case was about forcing a provider to release the information, but in Google's case, the gmail subscriber has already given authorization for them to release information.



Earlier thread on Delaware Blogging case:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1462665/posts

Decision threads:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1497829/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1497858/posts

Another article on it:
http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051006/NEWS/510060363/1006

[Gabz]

Thanks for the ping.

[Gondring]

You're welcome. Do you know if there's been follow-up on that? Have the "anonymous perps" commented?

[Gabz]

I haven't checked that blog in a bit.

There were a lot of really torqued off people when that ruling came down. Not so much for the ruling itself, but because of the deep seeded animosity so many in that town, and on the blog have for the Mayor.......who they all claim was behind the comments. The councilman who initiated the court case leading to the ruling has been arrested twice since for mouthing off at his next door neighbor and family.....who just so happens to be said Mayor :)

Who ever would have thought that such a small town political soap opera would lead to a court ruling that may have bearing on bloggers and internet posters across the country?

[SamAdams76]

And I might as well come clean and admit that my real name is Ted Kennedy. I like posing here as a conservative and I was only fantasizing about taking off all that weight. I'm still the fat slob I've always been and I'm eating a half gallon of ice cream right now and washing it down with a jug of Kahlua.

Well I've got to go, John Kerry is coming over to my pad tonight and we are going to make a sandwich out of some girl. I told John she's got lots of money (but she really doesn't).

[stripes1776]

The day that one of them decides to do it their way is the day to dump your google shares.

You make a lot of sense. Remember Netscape? It was going to be a Microsoft slayer. Remember Red Hat? It was going to be a Microsoft slayer. Remember Google? ...

[birbear]

Once you get used to the way it works, it's The. Best. Email. Ever.

Just today, I needed an address that somebody sent me a few months ago. I knew it had to do with a dinner party. I typed "dinner party" in my email search box, and it pulled up the address for me.

I see no reason to ever go back to a non-web based email service. (Plus i have like 2 gigs of storage)

[SauronOfMordor]

Have you tried the google email? G-mail? I am very curious to know people's experiences with that.

I think it's great

[unsycophant]

Your photos are temporarily uploaded to a server that is shared and accessible by only the users you specify. Once you exit the program, the photos are deleted (not stored permanently there).

This is not a photo hosting service, but a photo sharing service that makes files instantly accessible at lightning speed.

[Gabz]

There was a great summation and followup article this morning into what led up to and has happened since the Delaware blogger Case/ruling.

Sailing, jailing and wailing in Smyrna

This is not the news paper on whose blog the postings occurred, but it is still a very good history of the issue.