PC World bericht: "A coalition of photographers and picture agencies has made a formal complaint to Europe’s competition watchdog about Google’s use of third-party images. CEPIC, the Center of the Picture Industry, submitted the formal antitrust complaint to the European Commission, alleging the search giant uses images without the rights holders’ consent and is fuelling online piracy.
“Since the redesign of Google Images in January 2013, the situation got worse,” said CEPIC in a statement on Wednesday. Google now presents images in full size and high resolution on its website. This enables users to download images without having to visit the website hosting the image, according to the group. Also, Google does not inform users properly about copyright protection, the group said. CEPIC says Google’s exploitation of third-party images is an abuse of a dominant market position under European Union laws and that it is exploiting piracy for its own profit."
Lees hier meer.
