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NPAC Forum => General Discussion => Topic started by: Robin Rowland on May 06, 2016, 02:23 PM

Title: Getty is taking on Google over Image Search appropriation
Post by: Robin Rowland on May 06, 2016, 02:23 PM

Last week, American visual communications and stock photography agency Getty Images filed a formal complaint in support of the European Union’s investigation into Google’s anti-competitive business practices. The Getty complaint accuses Google of using its image search function to appropriate or “scrape” third-party copyrighted works, thereby drawing users away from the original source of the creative works and preserving its search engine dominance.

http://cpip.gmu.edu/2016/05/03/google-image-search-and-the-misappropriation-of-copyrighted-images/ (http://cpip.gmu.edu/2016/05/03/google-image-search-and-the-misappropriation-of-copyrighted-images/)

I find this interesting for two reasons.  Getty, based in the US, is taking on Google, based in the US, in Europe and using anti competitive practices rather than copyright.....probably because the courts in the US aren't sympathetic to producers, as shown in the recent Google Books decision.