How long would it have taken until such content had been removed at Hacker News? I guess not more than 30 minutes. Two months = #fail. A simple flag-feature would probably already do it... I hope Google draws the right conclusion from this failure.
I disagree. The same conviction could have happened in any other European country and very probably also in the United States. Any legal experts here?
That's just complete bullcrap. One of the reasons the DMCA exists in the US is to protect companies like Google in exactly this type of situation. Many EU countries have similar laws