Either way, the entire situation is bizarre and silly — but highlights the kinds of things that plenty of companies are probably now forced to deal with thanks to the ridiculous EU Court of Justice ruling. What‘s worse is that many smaller websites and companies that probably don‘t follow or understand these issues carefully are probably scared into taking down content based on similar threats. And, frankly, sending the email makes almost no sense at all for Emmanuel Gurtler. This was on a story from more than three years ago, getting basically no traffic at all. The only comments that reference his name are from Silverstein, and, in our opinion, don‘t necessarily reflect well on Silverstein, because myself and others argue that his interpretation of the law is suspect and troubling.