Street View suit rejected!

Why should a populist blog cheer a corporation winning a lawsuit?

When the firm is being sued for not conferring special rights based on one's economic status, the usual rules are out the window.

Last year, an affluent couple in a posh Pittsburgh suburb filed a lawsuit against Google because its Street View feature failed to omit their street. They thought privacy rights meant that what was publicly visible on their street should not be photographed - even though Street View also features countless photographs from poor neighborhoods.

The couple sued despite the fact that they chose to skip Street View's method for having images deleted. In fact, Street View did delete their road when the suit was filed - yet the plaintiffs pressed on with the suit.

Now a federal court has dismissed this ridiculous lawsuit.

Neat how that works, huh?

(Source: http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/18739087/detail.html)