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If Google Shouldn't Apply EU's 'Right To Be Forgotten' Everywhere, Why Should It Apply US DMCA Takedowns Globally?
Last week, Techdirt wrote about Google's refusal to comply with France's order to apply the "right to be forgotten" -- actually, a right to be removed from search results -- globally. Perhaps because the issue seems easy to understand, many have offered their opinions on the rights and wrongs of Google's move, both for and against. Writing in The Guardian, Julia Powles has provided a good summary of the two main positions.
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Isn't the point that Google is an American company and therefor forced to comply with US laws? Unless Google buys Greece and makes its own country, it will probably continue to be forced to apply US laws to its service.