Legal Question in Intellectual Property in Wyoming
Image Search and Copyright
Why is it that image search engines,
like Google Image Search are not in
violation of copyright laws, even when
they modify the the image by shrinking
it, ect, so that it is no longer a simple
image link?
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: Image Search and Copyright
"Fair use" is one possible answer (17 USC 107, with LOTS of surrounding caselaw). However, I seem to remember something about this very question being in the courts (I may be wrong about that), so there may not be a definitive answer yet.
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