Google has been accused for promoting piracy, by a US based photography agency Getty Images, adding to the woes of the embattled search engine.
According to Times, the photography agency in its complaint to the European Union’s antitrust commission says, Google Images, Google’s search engine for image content displays full-screen slideshows of its copyrighted images. Such practice has undermined the image agency business.
Getty Images, general counsel, Yoko Miyashita, says, “Getty Images represents over 200,000 photojournalists, content creators and artists around the world who rely on us to protect their ability to be compensated for their work.”
“Google’s behavior is adversely affecting not only our contributors, but the lives and livelihoods of artists around the word, present and future,” she added.
According to Financial Times, this has “promoted piracy, resulting in widespread copyright infringement, turning users into accidental pirates,” said Miyashita.
The full-screen display feature was first introduced by Google in the year 2013. Whereas, before the search engine, used to display only tiny thumbnails of images. After the changes by Google the web traffic on Getty plunged.
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