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Why not just remove the feature for pictures from Getty then, or simply not show their pictures at all? Surely that is within the technical capability of Google
by MikkoFinell 9y ago
Why not just remove the feature for pictures from Getty then, or simply not show their pictures at all? Surely that is within the technical capability of Google.
- owaislone 9y agoBecause then every other company would file similar suite and Google would have to deal with all of them.
- pedrogpimenta 9y agoDo you think every image company would want to be removed from Google Search results instead of building their services without the ability to scrape the big resolution images? How would users get on their websites?
- owaislone 9y agoIt doesn't matter. Once one company wins in court, it sets a precedent. It attracts more companies to follow the same path as they'll think they have a better shot at winning. Google obviously wouldn't risk this.
- josteink 9y agoBut the question is what would they be winning? Fewer users because they are now off the search-grid. Why would they want that?
- murftown 9y ago> what would they be winning? Money from a successful lawsuit?
- Feniks 9y agoBelieve it or not there are people who just enjoy suing corporations or governments. Lawyers are not cheap and frankly Google would lose every case because they are in the wrong.
- cgmg 9y agoWhy are they in the wrong (on this issue)?
- marnett 9y agoIt was a settlement, there is no precedent.
- orbitur 9y agoUsers don't go to the websites at all if the images are scraped by Google.
- joosters 9y agoPresumably because others could now sue Google for the same reasons, and they would be even more likely to win given the Getty result.
- dumbfounder 9y agoThis. Otherwise known as "legal precedent".
- rory096 9y agoSettlements don't establish precedent.
- dumbfounder 9y agoAh, good point, it was a settlement...
- CobrastanJorji 9y agoBecause Getty wasn't suing to stop Google from sharing Getty images in image search. They were suing because they felt coerced into participating in image search. Forcing Getty not to participate would have been even worse for Getty.
- anonytrary 9y agoGoogle should have just delisted Getty images from all of their search.
- patrickaljord 9y agoThen Google would have been sued for monopoly abuse, in Europe at least.
- fny 9y agoEven if it was with Getty's blessing?