Chuck Swiger wrote:
Chris Hodgins wrote:
Chuck Swiger wrote:
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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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