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Assuming the NYTimes owned the headshot copyright, a DMCA takedown notice might have been sufficient.
by kurthr 9y ago
Assuming the NYTimes owned the headshot copyright, a DMCA takedown notice might have been sufficient.
- theDoug 9y agoYeah. Or the "Feedback" link below that info box area, which lets people identify bad photos. Probably don't need to email the CEO. (Biases: I work at Google, I've done the same to suggest better photos)
- tetromino_ 9y agoI'm not sure about that. A low-res photo to illustrate a dead person seems like a good example of fair use: displaying a thumbnail in a search engine has already been ruled transformative by US courts; a low-res image does not significantly affect the original's market value; and since the person is dead (in Google's opinion), obtaining a photo under other licensing terms may well be impossible. So Google could decide to challenge the DMCA takedown.