Honestly, I am shocked that Italy prosecuted and convicted three Google executives in Italy over a YouTube video. The news was all over Techmeme yesterday. I’ll quote Reuters:

Google wrote on their blog that this is a serious threat to the web in Italy. Google said:

Clearly, not everyone agrees, and the judge did not agree. No matter who you agree with, this does change Google’s stamp in Italy going forward.

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