Doesn't it matter at all that one is a commercial speech case and one is a political speech chase? I think it also matters that the case you cite is in France.
Larry Seltzer eWEEK.com Security Center Editor http://security.eweek.com/ http://blogs.eweek.com/cheap_hack/ Contributing Editor, PC Magazine [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Blue Boar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 12, 2007 12:19 AM To: Larry Seltzer Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [funsec] While we're talking about the 1st amendment... Google actually has a court loss to back this up: http://www.news.com/2100-1030_3-5564118.html BB Larry Seltzer wrote: > http://www.examiner.com/a-983100~Robert_Cox__Google_bans_anti_MoveOn_o > rg_ads.html > > <excerpt> > Internet giant Google has banned advertisements critical of > MoveOn.org, the far-left advocacy group that caused a national uproar > last month when it received preferential treatment from The New York > Times for its "General Betray Us" message. > > The ads banned by Google were placed by a firm working for > Republican Sen. Susan Collins' re-election campaign. Collins is > seeking her third term. > > Earlier this week, Google told Lance Dutson, president of Maine > Coast Designs, that the ads he placed for Collins had been removed and > would not be allowed to resume because they violated Google's > trademark policy. > > Google's Web site states, "Google takes allegations of trademark > infringement very seriously and, as a courtesy, we're happy to > investigate matters raised by trademark owners." That suggests Google > acted in response to a complaint by MoveOn.org. > </excerpt> > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > > _______________________________________________ > Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. > https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec > Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
