From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 4 22:12:17 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63D6916A4CF for ; Fri, 4 Feb 2005 22:12:17 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtphost.cis.strath.ac.uk (smtphost.cis.strath.ac.uk [130.159.196.96]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B00F643D41 for ; Fri, 4 Feb 2005 22:12:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chodgins@cis.strath.ac.uk) Received: from [192.168.0.4] (chrishodgins.force9.co.uk [84.92.20.141]) j14MC6ak020291; Fri, 4 Feb 2005 22:12:07 GMT Message-ID: <4203F451.9070307@cis.strath.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2005 22:16:49 +0000 From: Chris Hodgins User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (X11/20050204) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Erik Norgaard References: <200502042006.j14K6Ni1031241@mail5.atl.registeredsite.com> <4203DEE9.6080302@mac.com> <4203EFE8.6060900@cis.strath.ac.uk> <4203F1A1.4040705@locolomo.org> In-Reply-To: <4203F1A1.4040705@locolomo.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-CIS-MailScanner-Information: Please contact support@cis.strath.ac.uk for more information X-CIS-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-CIS-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=0, required 6) X-CIS-MailScanner-From: chodgins@cis.strath.ac.uk cc: questions@freebsd.org cc: vandrewlevich@momsandkids.org Subject: Re: favor X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2005 22:12:17 -0000 Erik Norgaard wrote: > Chris Hodgins wrote: > >> IANAL but I think it would be interesting to know what the legal >> implications are here. Could it be a legal requirement that you can >> request that your data is removed? > > > Could it be a legal requirement that you can prove that you are actually > the original poster and as the auther has (if any) the right to request > the data removed? DNA test? Google only requests that you use the same email address to have it removed. I think this is reasonable. You can actually get it removed without using the email address but I think that is a little harder. > > When I search for my name, I'm in competition with a wrestler - really > anoying, in particular because his last results are from 2003, can I > have him removed? of course not, nor would I try to. No. You could however request that your own pages/articles are removed as you would be the legal copyright holder for those.....I think. ;) > > If you feel the first matches refer to irrelevant old posts, try posting > something new and more interesting :-) get referals to your new cool web > page, update it regularly, etc... > > I have now had the luck to wrestle my oponent to the next page - ha, all > first 10 matches are mine :-) > > I think the point the OP was trying to make is that he would not like those posts to appear at all. :) Chris