Google ordered to remove anti-Islamic film from YouTube

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(Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday ordered Google Inc to remove from its YouTube video-sharing website an anti-Islamic film that had sparked protests across the Muslim world. By a 2-1 vote, a panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday rejected Google's assertion that the removal of the film "Innocence of Muslims," amounted to a prior restraint of speech that violated the U.S. Constitution.

The plaintiff, Cindy Lee Garcia, had objected to the film after learning that it incorporated a clip she had made for a different movie, which had been partially dubbed and in which she appeared to be asking: "Is your Mohammed a child molester?"

Representatives for Google could not immediately be reached for comment.

Cris Armenta, a lawyer for Garcia, said she is delighted with the decision.

"Ordering YouTube and Google to take down the film was the right thing to do," Armenta said in an email. "The propaganda film differs so radically from anything that Ms. Garcia could have imagined when the director told her that she was being cast in the innocent adventure film."

The controversial film, billed as a film trailer, depicted the Prophet Mohammed as a fool and a sexual deviant. It sparked a torrent of anti-American unrest among Muslims in Egypt, Libya and other countries in 2012.
That outbreak coincided with an attack on U.S. diplomatic facilities in Benghazi that killed four Americans, including the U.S. ambassador to Libya. U.S. and other foreign embassies were also stormed in the Middle East, Asia and Africa.
For many Muslims, any depiction of the prophet is considered blasphemous.

Google had refused to remove the film from YouTube, despite pressure from the White House and others, though it blocked the trailer in Egypt, Libya and certain other countries.

Garcia had claimed that her performance within the film was independently copyrightable and that she retained an interest in that copyright. A lower court had refused her request that Google remove the film from YouTube.

But in Wednesday's decision, 9th Circuit Chief Judge Alex Kozinski said Garcia was likely to prevail on her copyright claim and having already faced "serious threats against her life," faced irreparable harm absent an injunction.

He called it a rare and troubling case, given how Garcia had been duped. "It's disappointing, though perhaps not surprising, that Garcia needed to sue in order to protect herself and her rights," he wrote.

The case Garcia vs. Google Inc et al., 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, No. 12-57302.

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Tom, Dick & Harry of cricketing World - BIG 3

India, Australia & England has become Tom , Dick and Harry of the cricket world. A sports which always remained controversial due to corruption in the face of spot fixing, fancy fixing and match fixing.Sports where mostly playing nations board like West Indies, Zimbabwe, Bangladesh don't have enough gosh for running its operations smoothly, where Boards price are some pennies, for which they can easily be sold out by Bookies.We can see example of other popular sports like football, tennis & rugby where their is no Capitalist board involve in the decision making process of its International Body of the concern sports.Whereas in Cricket, we are facing DADA-GIRI of two preempt boards Australia - England because of their financial stability.In recent years with the help of its biggest Match fixing market in the world, India has emerged as prominent power of Cricket also defeating its fathers Australia & England & is going to become monarch of Cricket.If money matters lot, then in future boards like UAE & China will also be part of leading ICC.

We might see G7 or G10 as in United Nations.Before the BIG 3 resolution was passed three boards were united against these 3 Idiots but South Africa who was always remained chokers has proved to be choker again and signed the resolution in favor of 3 Idiots after receiving coddle from India.However Pakistan and
Srilanka remained wall against these churl 3 Idiots propaganda despite of their financial problem by compelling them & its constituent through bluster that they will not allow any TOM, DICK and HARRY to make contest in the gentlemen game.On other hand, boards like Bangladesh & Newzealand were clamouring for money & to coddle them India offered lully Pop (Comely Compact) to them in return they promised to consign their vote to Cricket's 3 IDIOTS.

I think the consternation should be removed immediately & World Sports forum should intervene between the matter and solve it.Otherwise their will be no chance of fair game in cricket like we have seen in IPL recently.

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Mansha going to buy BURJ Bank & PIA

Karachi- Routers, A well known businessman & Owner of MCB Mian Mansha is interested in buying PIA and also he is going to buy Islamic Bank BURJ BANK. MCB's Islamic window is going to shut its operations soon and most probably it will merge with BURJ Bank under full-fledged Islamic bank logo.

Our sources inside MCB Tower said that backdoor talks between BURJ and MCB Officials are in the process and most probably MCB will buy BURJ in couples of months.

Mian Mansha has named as best underwear friend of Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif (Prime Minister of Pakistan) also going to buy holding shares of PIA from government.

We Humari News team are prescribing their critics who are thinking it as false news, can bookmark this news and wait for privatization of PIA.

MCB is also hiring top guns of MEEZAN BANK ltd for running its new upcoming Islamic Bank.For weakening Meezan Bank's market share Mansha through his links inside PM house requested to make Mufti Taqi Usmani as Shariah Advisor of State Bank of Pakistan.After which he will work for MCB or BURJ Bank.

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