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Visual Search Engine Tracks Stolen Images

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the get-your-eyes-off-my-graphics dept.

Barence writes "A new visual search engine could help photographers keep track of their photographs whenever, and wherever, they appear on the internet. The TinEye search engine allows users to search by uploading a picture rather than typing in a keyword. It then conducts a pixel-by-pixel search across the internet, flagging all instances of that image even if it's been cropped, merged or digitally altered in some way. It's not just for copyright enforcement though; 'it's being used by researchers who need to find where an image came from to provide attribution, even people who are trying to find out who people are in old photos.' It's currently in beta, but you can try it out."

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  1. Re:Kind of Misleading on the Old Photo Identificat by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Butt sex?

  2. Flickr page by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Why not link to the Flickr page for the photo?

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/64795408@N00/2771811957/