Well that was the quickest corporate court-case turnaround I have ever witnessed. It seemed like only yesterday when the ACCC (Australia Competition and Consumer Commission), or otherwise informally known as Whiny Customers Complaining Channel, announced they would take Google to court over misleading and deceptive conduct for its “Sponsored Links” program.
The dispute in question is actually valid, where a sponsored link duplicated the name of a legally registered business which linked to one of its major competitors. Now the Federal Court has ruled in favor of the ACCC for breach of the Trade Practices Act (Section 52) in Australia. Now this is where my pain and suffering to study Business Law pays off.
The ACCC wants to take things even further whilst they’re on a roll. They want Google to shame themselves by displaying their breach on the website’s homepage, which I thought would be amusing. I’ve put together a little mockup of what that might look like.
Or maybe the LOLCat version…
I do really like your LOLCat interpretation. That’s such a cute kitten to use. Its perfect.
@MrCorey: Cute kitteh will nevar break teh law!
LOL I love the mockups lmao.
“Trade Practices Act (Section 52) in Australia. Now this is where my pain and suffering to study Business Law pays off.”
Don’t brag about it… it’s “common knowledge” for any student studying any business-related diploma/degree course. 😉
@James, I was being sarcastic. 😀
It is the reason why I stopped using Google sooooo ‘long’ ago… 😉
I have some screenshots and info over on our forums here and all I can say is it is about time Google got slapped for this.
http://bleedingedge.com.au/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2949
Stephen