Google must re-shoot Street Vie images in Japan
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Because Google is not a Japanese company, and Japan is not the US or Europe.
In other words, laws relating to privacy are different in other countries. They skirted the law seriously on this, and there is the threat of real legal action. The quickest and likely cheapest way to clear things up is to retake the pictures. You have to remember, Google is not some all powerful company that can ignore laws and regulations anywhere they like on the Earth. Satellite photos are one thing - street level photos showing the inside of people`s private property is another. Legally they need permission - and obviously they did not get it. |
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Maybe we should take some lessons from Japan then? |
Japan has it`s own version of the RIAA - JASRAC... So no lessons to be learned there.
As for Google... Well, it`s not just that they`ve crept into legally ambiguous territory. Japan has significantly different expectations when it comes to customer service than the US and Europe. A company would be committing commercial suicide by telling a customer to just deal with it themselves - even if they do provide tools. There is the expectation that the company will take care of all problems, and potential for problems before things escalate. If a customer has to move themselves... You`ve just lost the market. |
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