Court Backs Thumbnail Image Linking
Stefanie Olsen,
Cnet,
Jul 08, 2003
Way cool! "Search engines' display of miniature [thumbnail] images is fair use under copyright law, a federal appeals court ruled Monday, but the legality of presenting full-size renditions of visual works is yet to be determined." I can't see the latter being so easily accepted; as the plaintiff's lawyer argues, "We do not agree that displaying full-size images, which were taken from another person's Web site and used to sell products and services at Arriba Soft, is a fair use of that image." But we'll see; the jury, as they say, is still out.
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