Google will soon be in the courts again… this time of their own volition. The Search Engine giant is going back to court for a final resolution after a case against it (by Blue Destiny) was dropped in March.
Blue Destiny were claiming that in linking to material on filesharing sites like Rapidshare, Mininova and The Pirate Bay, Google was in itself infringing many copyrights. Google’s argument was that no one could expect it to play international policeman over what is on the web. In so many ways, we have to agree.
This is besides the arguments that filesharing may or may not be legal; that is a different discussion for a different day.
The move by Google to restart the argument may surprise some, but this must be an ideal time for it to go on the offensive; arguably Blue Destiny must have considered their changes slim if they pulled out of the case so convincingly. Either way, Google will be looking for some closure on this issue which has been hanging over them like a sword of Damocles for such a long time.
It’s a story worth following, in any case, so stay tuned and let’s see what the courts have to say.