[QUOTE][B]A French man is suing Google after a ‘Street View’ photograph showing the man urinating in his own garden has made him the ridicule of the town.[/B]
"He discovered the existence of this photo after noticing that he had become an object of ridicule in his village," lawyer Jean-Noel Bouillaud told AFP, asking for the name of the village not be published.
The slightly blurred photo, seen by AFP, shows an individual relieving himself in a garden in the village in the west-central Maine-et-Loire department.
"My client lives in a tiny hamlet where [B]everyone recognized him[/B]," said Bouillaud, adding that his client was on his own property and that the gate to his garden was closed at the time the photo was taken.
The man is suing Google in a court in the city of Angers for infringement of his privacy and of his right not to have his photo published without his accord.
As well as the removal of the photo from the internet, [B]the man is also asking for compensation[/B] to the tune of 10,000 euros ($14,200).
“My client is not doing this for the money, he just wants his privacy to be respected,” said Bouillaud to Le Parisien.
Google's lawyer, Christophe Bigot, said the lawsuit against his company was "implausible", explaining that “Google has implemented a very simple mechanism that, with a few clicks, blurs the features of a person completely when it is deemed necessary,” wrote Le Parisien.
Street View allows users to take a ground level panoramic view of some locations on Google Maps, based on still photographs taken by specially equipped vehicles.
France's data privacy regulator imposed a record fine of 100,000 euros ($142,000) on Google last March for collecting private information while compiling photos for the service.[/QUOTE]
[url]http://www.thelocal.fr/2736/20120302/[/url]
He was a bit foolish for peeing in the damned front garden of his house, but at least he's not suing for something stupidly unreasonable.
Now not only is he the ridicule of the town, he's also the ridicule of the world. Thanks for bringing this to everyone's attention
Wow asking for sensible compensation. If this was in the US it'd probably be in the million range.
At first I thought he actually urinated ON the camera and proceeded to sue google for some reason.
Soooo if the streetview camera saw him, that means he was visible from public property, which means what he was doing was illegal in the first place, no?
so its like if I walked by and took a picture of someone on the sidewalk and he was in the background peeing, right?
I need to see this with my own eyes.
I guess he couldn't make it to the toilet.
Face it. You got caught pissing in public.
Edited: Hell, if vehicle traffic could see you, you were obviously trying to do it in the wrong place anyways.
I will never understand French culture
What's he thinking? Does he want to kill his garden??
[QUOTE=Swebonny;35012320]Wow asking for sensible compensation. If this was in the US it'd probably be in the million range.[/QUOTE]
But never the less he would lose.
I would actually find this quite amusing, if it were me. It's too bad some people are too uptight to laugh at themselves sometimes.
[b][i]Wee wee[/i][/b]
Ze wine made me had to pee. :v:
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Let's get looking!
i piss outside, sue me
oh wait, sue google
[img]http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/17f4vt3mmcygqjpg/xlarge.jpg[/img]
This is the image Gizmodo used...
I can barely tell what he's doing.
[quote]“My client is not doing this for the money, he just wants his privacy to be respected,” said Bouillaud to Le Parisien.[/quote]
[quote]As well as the removal of the photo from the internet, the man is also asking for compensation to the tune of 10,000 euros ($14,200).[/quote]
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[editline]6th March 2012[/editline]
I'm pretty sure he's not doing it for the money, then.
[QUOTE=Ninja Duck;35015248][img]http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/17f4vt3mmcygqjpg/xlarge.jpg[/img]
This is the image Gizmodo used...
I can barely tell what he's doing.[/QUOTE]
Wow, I at least had expected him to be facing a wall.
[QUOTE=pessimistic;35012374]At first I thought he actually urinated ON the camera and proceeded to sue google for some reason.[/QUOTE]
I imagined some snooty French stereotype peeing on the camera as some act of competent.
The problem with those google camera cars is that the cameras are mounted stupidly high on the vehicle. They can easily peer over fencing and walls close to the street. It'd be like you taking a really tall painters ladder, placing it on a random sidewalk and taking pictures from the top of it.
I think we're missing the bigger story here: The lawyer's last name is Bigot.
Imagine going through life as Mr. Bigot. Or, as he's a lawyer, Mr. Bigot, Esq.
Like. . .is he a partner at his firm? Is there a plaque on the building that has the other guys' names, followed by ". . .& BIGOT"?
Gotta love the related articles:
[url]http://www.thelocal.fr/2742/20120305/[/url]
misleading title, thought he was actually peeing on the camera. :<
I bet he was pissed when he found out!
Why would anyone pee in their yard? On the driveway? Near the van?
[QUOTE=Alien_23;35019102]Why would anyone pee in their yard? On the driveway? Near the van?[/QUOTE]
The French, man. Fucking animals.
Well he did it in public. Isn't that similar to that paparazzo who followed Jackie-O around? Well, minus the stalking.
But unless France has different laws, it's still in a public area. He's lucky he didn't GET sued for public indecency. Unless I read this wrong.
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