February 19th, 2009 | 
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A federal judge has ruled against a US couple who accused Google of invading their privacy by publishing a Street View picture of their house in the Internet giant’s free online map service.
US magistrate judge Amy Reynolds Hay on Tuesday rejected the couple’s claims that Google owed them cash damages for using a picture of their Pennsylvania property snapped from a private road.
Google uses cars equipped with cameras to drive about taking 360-degree images it weaves into its mapping service in a Street View feature that provides online glimpses of selected locations.
In April of last year, Aaron and Christine Boring of Pennsylvania filed suit charging Google with trespass, negligence, invasion of privacy, and unjustly enriching itself by profiting from the photo of their property…
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