Google Wins Nude Thumbnail Legal Battle

eldavojohn writes "Google is currently fighting many fronts in its ability to show small images returned in a search from websites. Most recently, Google won the case against them in which they were displaying nude thumbnails of a photographer's work from his site. Prior to this, Google was barred from displaying copyrighted content, even when linking it to the site (owner) from its search results. The verdict: "Saying the District Court erred, the San Francisco-based appeals court ruled that Google could legally display those images under the fair use doctrine of copyright law." This sets a rather hefty precedence in a search engine's ability to blindly serve content safely under fair use."

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[Anonymous Coward]

0yabebe

The photographs suck anyways.

[Anonymous Coward]

nt

Idiots like that photographer should be banned

[unity100]

from the internet. apparently they are more harm then participant for the medium they are using. less of them to make the internet a better place, now !