Pittsburgh Boring Couple's Lawsuit Vs. Google Dismissed (Street View Case)

[onehandle]

Source: WTAE Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH -- A federal judge in Pittsburgh has dismissed a suburban couple's suit against Google Inc. over online photos of their home, which they say violated their privacy.

Aaron and Christine Boring were seeking more than $25,000 in damages, alleging that photos of their Franklin Park home on the Web site's "Street View" feature also devalued their property and caused them mental suffering.

The Borings live on Oakridge Lane, a long driveway labeled "Private Road," and they claimed Google would have had to have taken pictures from there.

Google said there is an easy process on its Web site for homeowners to request removal of images without taking legal action.

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[XemaSab]

1. .

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=oakridge+lane+pittsburgh&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=41.546728,80.332031&ie=UTF8&z=16

:popcorn:

[onehandle]

3. Looks like Google went ahead and removed the street.

As the article says, there's a form to request such things at Google.

They were just looking for easy money.

[Bill McBlueState]

2. I like how the article notes that

a picture of the couple's house is still posted on the county's http://www2.county.allegheny.pa.us/realestate/Images.aspx?ParcelID=0823E00136000000%20%20%20%20&SearchType=2&CurrRow=1&SearchName=&SearchStreet=Oakridge%20&SearchNum=&SearchMuni=884&SearchParcel=">real estate Web site

[DoctorMyEyes]

6. 984 square feet 1 bed 1 bath?

Their house isn't worth $25000 - how much did they think "street view" devalued it?

[rastard]

10. Zillow says $150.5K

http://www.zillow.com/homes/map/1567-OAKRIDGE-LN,-PITTSBURGH,-PA-15237_rb/

[Earth_First]

7. To be perfectly honest...

I was expecting some sort of 1/4 mile gated driveway leading up to some McMansion.

Not what I was expecting...

[WriteDown]

8. Looks like....

they were trying to win the lawsuit lottery.

[Juan_de_la_Dem]

9. You have got to be kidding me, that is the house?

[tanyev]

4. Oh, their last name is Boring.

I thought, "Man, that's a pretty rude title..."

D'oh!

[Lost in CT]

5. Again the jokes just write themselves.

Why does this sound like a Monty Python skit involving blancmange and tennis.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1sYgknWGSA&feature=related