How can google even decide that a copyrighted image was used in an illegitimate way? They’d need to check back with the copyright owner to confirm that there is

How can google even decide that a copyrighted image was used in an illegitimate way? They’d need to check back with the copyright owner to confirm that there is no license and they’d need to confirm that none of the various exemptions apply. This is also a matter that’s entirely between the copyright holder and the author of the app. I could understand if the problem was that the copyright holder explicitly notified google, but then that complaint could just be forwarded to the app owner with no information about any secret sauce being revealed.