Virginia Da Cunha
Encyclopedia
Virginia da Cunha is an Argentine
singer-songwriter
, composer
and actress. She is best known as a plaintiff in a protracted lawsuit against Google and Yahoo! in Argentina.
In her suit, da Cunha alleged that the search engines had damaged her 'moral character' by returning her name and likeness among results for sex related searches. Although the lower courts ruled in favour of da Cunha, the internet companies appealed, and the verdict was overturned. While not alone in suing Yahoo! and Google (similar lawsuits in Argentina, Brasil, and other Latin American nations number over a hundred), amongst similar cases in Argentina, de Cunha's has progressed the furthest.
She is a member of Argentine all-female band Bandana
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
, composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
and actress. She is best known as a plaintiff in a protracted lawsuit against Google and Yahoo! in Argentina.
In her suit, da Cunha alleged that the search engines had damaged her 'moral character' by returning her name and likeness among results for sex related searches. Although the lower courts ruled in favour of da Cunha, the internet companies appealed, and the verdict was overturned. While not alone in suing Yahoo! and Google (similar lawsuits in Argentina, Brasil, and other Latin American nations number over a hundred), amongst similar cases in Argentina, de Cunha's has progressed the furthest.
She is a member of Argentine all-female band Bandana
Television
- Popstars: Argentina (2001) as herself
- Sin código (2004) as Luz