Court rules Google thumbnails infringe on copyright
Wow, this could be big. While this suit was brought on by an adult content provider, the way we search for images--any images at all--on the Web could be changed in a big way. We'll see what happens when Google appeals the ruling.
posted by The Squeaky Pig at 10:04 PM
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Sounds to me like we may not get to use thumbnail previews at all...or possibly Google would have to allow sites to "opt out" of having their images thumbnailed by Google. I thought it was interesting that part of the judge's ruling took into consideration the plaintiff's desire to sell small images for mobile devices (Google's thumbnails directly compete with this). Oh, it just gets more and more complicated!
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