When the top European court ruled that users have a right to be forgotten by search engines, they opened the door to a disruptive wave of possibilities.

“It’s just such a mind-bogglingly impossible decision,” said Fred Cate, distinguished professor at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law. “Courts aren’t responsible for the practical implications of rulings but this really staggers the imagination.”

And:

“They’d have to hire an army of compliance officers,” said Justin Brookman, director of the Center for Democracy and Technology’s Project on Consumer Privacy. That may make it difficult for companies to “scalably compete online,” he said.

Also:

At the company’s annual shareholder meeting today, Chief Legal Officer David Drummond said the ruling “went too far.” He added that the EU court “didn’t consider adequately the impact on free expression, which is absolutely a human right.”

I can’t imagine Google, et al, won’t challenge this ruling.