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> Then there's google images, which shows the images on the google site itself (a vast copyright infringement, unlike the search engine result pages these are c
by yohui 11y ago
> Then there's google images, which shows the images on the google site itself (a vast copyright infringement, unlike the search engine result pages these are copies of the images at quite high resolution).
Well, image search would be a lot less useful if it didn't show images. And Google's image thumbnails are very modest resolution copies. The larger image previews displayed when clicking a specific image result are actually hotlinked from the original source, and hence not copyright violations:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inline_linking#Copyright_law_issues_that_inline_linking_raises https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inline_linking#Copyright_law_i...
- scholia 11y ago> The larger image previews displayed when clicking a specific image result are actually hotlinked from the original source So the website pays the cost without getting the benefit of a visit?
- jacquesm 11y agoExactly. As if hotlinking makes it better.
- yohui 11y agoHeads you're a copyright thief, tails you're a bandwidth thief... The larger image preview is still moderately sized (it loads the original image but in a smaller frame), so most users probably click through to the original page (since most users aren't savvy enough to right-click and go to the image directly, or mouse over to the "view image" button).