Search Briefs
+ Image Search and Copyright: Google and A9 May Stop Showing Perfect 10s (via InternetNews.com)
“A federal judge has ruled that portions of Google’s popular image search feature, which displays small thumbnail versions of images found on other Web sites, likely violate U.S. copyright law.” The full text of the court ruling by Judge A. Howard Matz can be found here. (48pages; PDF). What this will mean for others who offer large algorithmically generated databases of images (regardless of type of material) culled the open web is TBD. Other players with large image databases include:
+ Yahoo
+ Ask Jeeves
+ PicSearch
+ MSN (uses PicSearch)
+ Ditto (uses PicSearch)
+ A9 Image Search (uses Google)
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+ MSN executive to take leave
Person in charge of MSN taking one year leave of absence.
See Also: MSN Search Home Page Has a New Cleaner Look and Larger Search Box

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