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Google ordered to pay Barrichello $500,000

Tuesday 10th November 2009

Google has been ordered to pay Rubens Barrichello $500,000 for hosting fake online profiles on its social network Orkut.

The civil case, which was lodged in July 2006, related to the more than 300 fake profiles under Barrichello's name that appear on Orkut.

On Monday, the Brazilian state's official government gazette, published the outcome of the Sao Paulo court's ruling.

The court deemed that Google, as owner of Orkut, was responsible because it managed the website and established the rules for its use.

Google was ordered to pay Barrichello $500,000, which could yet increase to as much as $700,000 as Google risked a daily fine of $590 until all the profile pages relating to Barrichello were removed.

Your Comments

alonso0506

"money, money, money, little wins and no championships...its all worth it!"

ubaidparkar

"They should have accounts verified on Facebook too, like Twitter"

pylie

"Im afraid top Google- Ruebens barichello now"

bikerbaz

"Well that should keep his plane flying a few more weeks."

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