This is a disturbing ruling. It says a lot that Wikipedia, the entire news industry, and the Attorney-General of Canada all sided with Google, and the court ruled the other way. Digital freedom advocacy groups such as the EFF and OpenMedia also supported Google's position.

So basically, *the entire Internet* is saying "this ruling would be really bad for the Internet." But there you have it.

It is really quite shocking. Can a Canadian court now decide what information an Australian resident can access from an Argentinian web server? How would we feel about Chinese court rulings deciding what information Canadians can access?

What is left now, would the Liberals be inclined to legislate over this ruling?