Source-ANI: Google has paid 200,000 dollars in damages to a Melbourne man
after he won a defamation case against the Internet search engine giant.
Milorad Trkulja, also known as Michael, sued the multinational over images of him alongside a well-known underworld figure that appeared in its search results.
The Supreme Court jury found last month that Trkulja had been defamed by the images, which he first contacted Google about removing in 2009.
Google search results also linked to a page on a now defunct website, Melbourne Crime, which had published photos labelled with his name, the report said.
The paper quoted Trkulja, as saying that he had never initially intended to sue Google, but had been galvanised into action after his request for the content to be removed from its searches in 2009 was not granted.
Milorad Trkulja, also known as Michael, sued the multinational over images of him alongside a well-known underworld figure that appeared in its search results.
The Supreme Court jury found last month that Trkulja had been defamed by the images, which he first contacted Google about removing in 2009.
Google search results also linked to a page on a now defunct website, Melbourne Crime, which had published photos labelled with his name, the report said.
The paper quoted Trkulja, as saying that he had never initially intended to sue Google, but had been galvanised into action after his request for the content to be removed from its searches in 2009 was not granted.
