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"Nevertheless, a judge in Milan today convicted 3 of the 4 defendants -- David Drummond, Peter Fleischer and George Reyes -- for failure to comply with the Italian privacy code. All 4 were found not guilty of criminal defamation."

is that last part a typo? or is my ignorance of legalese showing?

edit: ah, so apparently they were given a suspended sentence, but absolved of the defamation part.



3 guilty of 'failure to comply with the Italian privacy code.'

0 guilty of 'criminal defamation'

Two separate charges.


What were they sentenced to, by the way? I didn't notice any mention of that.

Edit: found in the neighbor thread. "The three received a suspended six-month sentence for the conviction on violating the youth's privacy."


I wonder... did they? I'd bet the TOS / Privacy agreement prior to upload would've mentioned something like "you are responsible for your content".




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