02-22-2006, 01:13 PM
Quote:A federal judge has ruled that portions of Google's popular image search feature, which displays small thumbnail versions of images found on other websites, are likely to violate US copyright law.
US District Judge A Howard Matz ruled on Friday that Perfect 10, an adult-oriented website featuring "beautiful natural women" in the nude, has shown that Google image search probably infringes copyright law "by creating and displaying thumbnail copies of its photographs".
The Los Angeles judge said he would award Perfect 10 a preliminary injunction against Google...
full article: http://management.silicon.com/government...657,00.htm