For once, a common sense conclusion to a libel suit, though any other judgement would have rendered Britain a pariah. Still, appearing ridiculous is not a good reason to reach conclusions in libel cases. Reform is necessary to enable freedom of the mind:
Metropolitan International Schools sued Google for publicizing the
claims through its search results, although the Web forums did not
belong to Google. In its defense, Google argued it should not be held
responsible for the content of the 39 billion Web pages available on
the Internet.
Justice Eady noted that Google is merely a conduit
to the information and not a publisher in its own right. He ruled that
Google's Internet search engine is not considered a publisher under
defamation law, and therefore is not responsible for the content of the
short descriptions of Web sites that appear in Google searches. He also
ruled that there is "no reasonable prospect of success" and dismissed
the suit.