Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2005 22:58:35 +0000 From: Chris Hodgins <chodgins@cis.strath.ac.uk> To: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> Cc: vandrewlevich@momsandkids.org Subject: Re: favor Message-ID: <4203FE1B.2090005@cis.strath.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <4203F65F.4080600@mac.com> References: <200502042006.j14K6Ni1031241@mail5.atl.registeredsite.com> <4203DEE9.6080302@mac.com> <4203EFE8.6060900@cis.strath.ac.uk> <4203F65F.4080600@mac.com>
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Chuck Swiger wrote: > Chris Hodgins wrote: > >> Chuck Swiger wrote: > > [ ... ] > >> Google does offer a way to remove posts that you have made from its >> index: >> >> http://www.google.co.uk/googlegroups/help.html#9 > > > Notice the part which says: > > "Messages posted by other people > > By its very nature, Usenet consists of information posted by many > people. Google does not monitor or control the content of this > information. Instead, we simply provide access to the public forum in > which people post their comments. > > Accordingly, if you are concerned about a message that someone has > posted, you need to resolve that problem directly with the person who > posted it. Except in extreme circumstances, Google will not act upon an > individual's request to remove another person's messages. We firmly > believe it is not Google's role to resolve disputes among the users who > have posted millions of messages on Usenet, nor would it be possible to > fulfill that role if we chose to undertake it." > >> 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? > > > The situation is analogous to writing a letter to a newspaper, having it > printed in the op/ed section, and then you asking your local library to > discard the entire editoral section for that day. > > Even if the library were to agree, there were thousands of other copies > made and the neighboring towns very probably have copies of that day's > paper in their library archives, as well, so what's the point? A > newspaper doesn't have any legal obligation to hunt down and remove all > of the copies of their paper which contain the letter you wrote. > > Likewise, if you don't want your name to appear in the archive of a > public forum, don't send content to a public forum. > I like your analogy, I think that sums it up nicely. :) Chris
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