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- pstroll, on 11/11/2009, -3/+124Wow! He's finally won something.
- stoanhart, on 11/11/2009, -4/+86Don't pay it! Lines need to be drawn. We'll support you Google.
- Nephersir7, on 11/11/2009, -3/+77There is something very wrong with this...
- danlscarlos, on 11/11/2009, -4/+64People create offensive fake profiles all the time, why does HE deserve special treatment?
Also, what "damages" are those 500,000 dollars supposed to cover? His "damaged" over-inflated ego? - crazymaster16, on 11/10/2009, -5/+60WTF.....
you just have to be famous and you will earn money from everything!
that's why some people say "the money go to money, not to poor people"
!! - theaceoface, on 11/11/2009, -3/+54This is so much much ***** it's not even funny
- elryanoo, on 11/11/2009, -4/+44Damages what a greedy bastard. He made 15 million last year better throw more money at him. Not profiles on a social networking I bet he suffered so much physical and psychological pain from this.
- theparaiba, on 11/11/2009, -3/+38Hah, Brazilian justices are hilarious. They just love to decide on matters they don't understand at all. Remember the Cicarelli/YouTube fiasco?
p.s.: I'm Brazilian. - bsonline, on 11/11/2009, -2/+331. Have fake profiles on a social networking site.
2. Be a greedy asshat.
3. Sue, make yourself look worse than the profiles no one noticed.
4. Profit $500,000
5. Realize the world is ***** up, you were missing ???? all along. - enantiodromia, on 11/11/2009, -2/+30Google should politely pay the fine, then remove Brazil from Google Earth.
- DaviDTC, on 11/11/2009, -0/+23Quick, someone make a fake profile of me. Say what ever you want, I don't care. I will sue the site and give you half.
- Ghostwo, on 11/11/2009, -0/+21Actually, Google should buy Brazil, waive the fine, then release the Amazon rain forest back into the public domain.
- waspbr, on 11/11/2009, -5/+25I wouldn't get to excited about this, just some state judge that wants to get some media attention by ruling against common sense on a high profile case. This is probably going to blow over soon.
for the record Rubinho is a spineless greedy douchebag - CrimsonBlur, on 11/11/2009, -1/+19Rich without justifiable cause? That's the dumbest ***** I have ever heard. Rulings should not be based on how much money you have personally, they should be based on the case at hand only. If he gets $500,000, then everyone filing a similar suit should get that same amount. If they didn't, neither should he.
The point everyone here is making is this guy is getting special treatment because he is famous, end of argument. Your post, if you didn't just pull that out of your ass, proves it entirely. $500,000 in damages for a few fake profiles on a social networking site is ridiculous. - PeaceShot, on 11/11/2009, -0/+17I'll need your credit card details, and the rights to the Nigerian throne.
- thedudex213, on 11/11/2009, -3/+15Who?
- tkcom, on 11/11/2009, -1/+9Meh, Google will probably get those $$ back by selling Orkut. It's pretty much dead outside of Brazil.
- theonlywizdum, on 11/11/2009, -0/+8That they have more important things to do than pander to some little crybaby?
- Moralogic, on 11/11/2009, -1/+9Wow, I think his mom felt that.
- nofrickenway, on 11/11/2009, -1/+8I agree with your point, but not the reasoning behind it. Slander can ruin a poor person's life far easier than it can a rich person's life. This law, while it can prevent unnecessary lawsuits just to get rich, ignores how hard it is to get a good defense without money. Slander on a rich person= noone really cares, they usually expect whatever, but on a poor person, typically you can be alienated to a large degree. People will lose jobs, friends, family may turn on you etc etc.
Or maybe I just watch too many cop shows on TV.
Google should have removed the pages they were alerted to though. - dabestdefense, on 11/11/2009, -2/+8I am going create fake Facebook profiles of him and hope Facebook gets sued! And then twitter! And then MySpace as a final nail in Rupert's coffin...
- NoBSMan, on 11/11/2009, -4/+10That is ***** *****. I'm brazilian and I really hate Barrichello now! What a douchebag.
- addiktion, on 11/11/2009, -3/+9F1 RB FU
- Krissam, on 11/11/2009, -5/+10pft, I've had over 300 gold pieces for years.
- PwrUps, on 11/11/2009, -0/+5Google owns Orkut. Just search orkut in Google and you would see that yourself.
- Moralogic, on 11/11/2009, -0/+4Yeah, he seriously screwed himself out of well over $500,000 in merchandise for this stupidity.
- kewlceo, on 11/11/2009, -6/+10LEAVE.GOOGLE.ALONE!
- gameboyhippo, on 11/11/2009, -1/+4Wow... It sounds like getting rich is a punishment. I think "rich without justifiable cause" is the dumbest thing I've ever heard. Maybe Brazil should cap poor people's wages as well. After all, you wouldn't want anyone to get ahead.
- roxya, on 11/11/2009, -2/+5I personally own a fake profile for Michael Schumacher on facebook.
Go on, Michael. Do it! - csshyamsundar, on 11/11/2009, -0/+3Include India ...
- striker1211, on 11/11/2009, -0/+3i lawled
- enantiodromia, on 11/11/2009, -0/+2you win :)
- davzie, on 11/11/2009, -1/+3He's just going out to town because he lost the championship.
- Yage2006, on 11/12/2009, -0/+2How ***** ridiculous.
Clearly when the case involves technology or the internet in any way they better start getting judges who have a clue about the case they are suppose to be judging.
- striker1211, on 11/11/2009, -1/+3Yeah right. If they started asking for donations to pay legal fees you would say. "I won't pay it. Lines need to be drawn, I'm switching to bing!"
- diggbigwig, on 11/11/2009, -2/+4I'm going to Orkut to put up a fake profile of myself so I can cash in! Who's with me? Anyone?
- bobertoq, on 11/11/2009, -1/+2I'm pretty sure he won two races this season.
- Khraiven, on 11/13/2009, -0/+1Why must you kill the fun?
- bsonline, on 11/11/2009, -1/+2Hence the sarcasm in step 5. It's ok, I explained that for you. The point is, he's doing it wrong.
- Cawas, on 11/12/2009, -0/+1Like people didn't hate him enough before this. He probably bribed well over 99% to win this case just so he could win something in his lousy life.
- Boofster, on 11/11/2009, -0/+1This better be thrown out.
- fraul, on 11/13/2009, -1/+1You just gave your opinion on the matter. But our jurists have discussed this for many years so far, so dont think you're a smart ass while everyone else is a retarded.
Our jurists have opted OUT the industry of civil damages you have stabilished in the US. In the US it's easy for someone to smoke a cigar, get cancer and then sue the company of millions of dollars. I know I'm over simplifying it, but you get the point. Here in Brazil, the jurisprudence understands that civil liability shouldn't make the person rich, it should only make up for the damages, or, in other words, return them to the "status quo".
And yes, this may come to a shock, but anyone that studies the law here knows that when it comes down to "moral damages" the exact same fact is ruled differently depending of the social conditions of the parts involved. Remember that the principle of equality's goal is NOT to treat everyone the same way, but to give each individual different treatment proportionate to his concrete circunstances. - CrimsonBlur, on 11/13/2009, -1/+1"Remember that the principle of equality's goal is NOT to treat everyone the same way, but to give each individual different treatment proportionate to his concrete circunstances."
You're kidding me, right? The goal of equality is to IGNORE a person's status, fame, race, riches, etc. and base decisions on the issue at hand. Once you take any of those things into account directly, you have ignored equality altogether. If that is the definition of equality you're running with over there I can see how this ass-backwards system would be put in place.
The definition you just gave is exactly the kind of definition I would expect from a King or Lord in the Dark Ages. Everyone is equal, it's just that some people are more equal than others. LOL
Your example is flawed because you are comparing a case which those millions of dollars would never go to just one defendant, which is why you can sue for millions. No one could sue Google for $500,000 in damages for a few fake profiles, famous or not. You get the amount of money that is fair given the case at hand, not who you are. - fraul, on 11/11/2009, -10/+10You guys shouldn't be defending Google without knowing all the details. Rubens had requested many times trough all the channels available that the fake and ofensive profiles were removed, but Google didn't do anything. The judge didn't rule that Google is responsable for everything that Orkut contains, but from the moment they are formally requested to take down fake and ofending pages (wich Rubens proved) and they don't do anything they become liable.
For the record, decisions like these have been ruled many times here in Brazil. The only difference in this case is that our jurisprudence understands that when deciding the value of the indenization, the judge needs to consider the economic condition of both parties. Since Rubens is rich, he got a lot of money. If he was poor, he would win anyways, but a lot less, since 500k to a poor person would make him "rich without justifiable cause".
BTW, I'm Brazilian and I work for Federal Justice, so I just thought I had to add my 2c about this. - IamNomad, on 11/11/2009, -1/+1step 3.) should be ????? if im not mistaken. otherwise this is accurate
- striker1211, on 11/11/2009, -1/+1hippo: In the US they call that "taxes".
- conkeso, on 11/11/2009, -2/+2Can anyone tell me 5 countries where Orkut is big or at least biggish?
- supersonicjim, on 11/11/2009, -3/+2If Google have some assassins on the payroll, they know what their next mission is.
- diggdong, on 11/11/2009, -5/+4Perhaps the Luddite could use a horse and buggy.
- supersonicjim, on 11/11/2009, -3/+1Google should politely pay the fine, then remove Brazil from the Earth.
Corrected for you. -
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