The clip was uploaded to Google Video before the service was phased out in favour of YouTube An Italian court has overturned the conviction of three Google executives found guilty of breaking Italian law by allowing a video of a bullied teenager to be posted online.The clip was uploaded in 2006 and had featured a boy with autism.
The employees were given six-month suspended jail sentences in 2010.
Google had appealed against the ruling, saying it had removed the video within two hours of being notified by the authorities.
The three employees - global privacy counsel Peter Fleischer, chief legal officer David Drummond and former Google Italy board member George De Los Reyes - had been convicted of privacy violations, but absolved of defamation in the original case.
At the time Google had said it would be impossible to pre-screen every film posted to its sites to check their contents.
The firm described the appeal ruling as a "victory".
"We're very happy that the verdict has been reversed and our colleagues' names have been cleared," said a spokesman,
"Of course, while we're all delighted with the appeal, our thoughts continue to be with the family who have been through the ordeal."
