Ciao a tutti,
per chi fosse interessato, segnalo
il workshop dell’11 maggio sull’Indagine conoscitiva “Il
diritto d’autore sulle reti di comunicazione elettronica” dell’Autorità che si terrà alla LUISS, sala delle Colonne.
Camilla
Da: nexa-bounces@server-nexa.polito.it
[mailto:nexa-bounces@server-nexa.polito.it] Per
conto di J.C. DE MARTIN
Inviato: venerdì 30 aprile 2010
23.33
A: nexa@server-nexa.polito.it
Oggetto: [nexa] "German
Supreme Court rules that Image Search does notinfringe copyright"
http://googlepolicyeurope.blogspot.com/2010/04/german-supreme-court-rules-that-image.html
Thursday, April 29, 2010 | 7:15 PM
Google's aim is to
help users discover information as quickly and efficiently as possible. Sometimes
the information they seek is in written or audio form, and sometimes the
information they seek is visual - which may take the form of photographs,
designs, artworks or other types of imagery - and we try to present the
information in a way that best answers the user’s query.
With this in mind,
we launched our Image Search service in 2003, which presents users with a
selection of reduced-resolution thumbnail images relating to their search
query. Users can then click through to the site that hosts the image to see it
in full-size or to see the content around it. Millions of users find this
service helpful - they can quickly find exactly what they want, and many site
owners do too - it’s another means through which Internet users can discover
their sites. Website owners have complete control over what Google will crawl
on their site: with a simple set of tools called robots.txt they can notably
tell Google (and other search engines) not to crawl the images on their site.
We are heartened by
the German Supreme Court´s ruling today that Google Image Search does not
infringe copyright. The case was brought to court by an artist who had uploaded
photos of her work (large paintings) to her own website. She then claimed for
copyright infringement against Google as the images were displayed in our image
search results.
Today´s ruling
makes it clear not just for Google, its users in Germany and all owners of
websites containing images, but also for all providers of image search services
operating in the country: showing thumbnail images within search results is
legitimate and millions of users in Germany benefit from being able to discover
visual information at the click of a mouse.
We still have to wait
for the full reasoning behind the decision. What we know today: thousands of
websites and companies in Germany will be able to benefit from Google Image
Search in the future as well. News websites on the Internet, online providers
of pictures and posters, artists, photographers, designers and many more who
depend on the web for their livelihoods can go on using the service as a
significant distribution platform.
Posted by Dr. Arnd
Haller, Managing Counsel, Google Germany GmbH