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Why not burn books and newspaper archives as well ? If it's incorrect, illegal or defamatory all well and good but this stupid ruling gives carte blanche to erase history
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Comparing printed records with Internet websites is like comparing apples with oranges. In a couple of seconds you can type the name of a co-worker, neighbour or job applicant into Google out of idle curiosity and instantly search millions of articles, potentially turning up all sorts of trivia, rumour and scuttlebutt about that person - who in any case may well have completely different views on life to the stuff reported 20 years ago. You would only go to a library or records office to search through paper records if you had a very strong need to find out about the person - and then you would be looking only for specific aspects.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
