Google catches up with Yahoo – Introduces Copyright Search for Images
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On May 27th 2009, Yahoo Image Search had introduced “Copyrights search” on images. But unfortunately, Yahoo had only access to the copyrights information of images hosted on flickr, their own company.
But when Google does it, they do it in style !
Google went a step ahead and now lets you search images that are available for free across the web. This is the official news piece.
Today, we’re launching a feature on Image Search to help you find images that you can use for free, while respecting the wishes of artists and creators. This feature allows you to restrict your Image Search results to images that have been tagged with licenses like Creative Commons, making it easier to discover images from across the web that you can share, use and even modify. Your search will also include works that have been tagged with other licenses, like GNU Free Documentation license, or are in the public domain.
Notice how Google puts it as “images from across the web”. I’m pretty sure it includes every possible image from the web (including flickr images).
So on this one, Google scores over Yahoo, though they were the first to introduce this feature.
Great news…
Thanks for the info.
I searched for an image using the option labeled for commercial reuse. I am not clear about 2 things -
1. The attribition says
You are free –
to Remix — to adapt the work . Does it mean that I can modify the image.
2. “Attribution — You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author”
Where can I find what is specified by the author.
Unfortunately they leave out the option that is the largest pool of images “All Rights Reserved” not everyone uses CC for their image licensing.
Google has also been unclear how they’re determining the nature of the license for each image. This would be important to know.
Thanks for info