Wednesday, 15 October 2008

Google Image thumbnails Infringe on Copyright in Germany

Courtesy of a case in Germany that revisits an issue that appears settled in the US: the right of image search services to create thumbnails from copyrighted works to display with the search results.

The German courts have now determined that this is not OK in Germany, where Google has just lost two copyright suits over image thumbnails.

Link:
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081013-german-court-google-image-thumbnails-infringe-on-copyright.html

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