I can't wait to find out what's going to happen next with the convicted Google executives. Here's a summary of what happened:

1. A bunch of high school bullies in Italy verbally abuse and beat a child who is autistic.
2. Other kids at the school film the assault and post it on Google Videos on September 8, 2006.
3. The video comes to the attention of the police, who complain to Google on November 7, 2006. Google takes the video down within three hours.
4. Prosecutors, outraged by the fact that the video is accessible for two months and is even on the "most watched" list, charge Google with failing to protect the privacy of the autistic child. The position of the prosecution is that Google is negligent in allowing the video to remain accessible for so long.
5. The court convicts three Google executives in absentia and sentences each of them to a six-month suspended sentence. They are now considered criminals in Italy, and have criminal records.
6. The Google executives tell everyone that they're surprised and chagrined.
7. The American ambassador to Italy says that the conviction is like punishing the mailman for delivering a nasty letter.