tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802856.post9175778040506646980..comments2023-10-22T13:55:34.868+01:00Comments on TechnoLlama: Perfect 10 v GoogleAndres Guadamuzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04772686466126007620noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802856.post-32316378223846269772007-05-18T12:57:00.000+01:002007-05-18T12:57:00.000+01:00Interesting! I think that caching would fall under...Interesting! I think that caching would fall under fair use in the USA. In the UK and Europe in general, such cache is exempt from liability.Andres Guadamuzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04772686466126007620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802856.post-83279945626662354132007-05-18T08:49:00.000+01:002007-05-18T08:49:00.000+01:00The weird thing is that Google _does_ cache images...The weird thing is that Google _does_ cache images.<BR/><BR/>http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:LlzPiVU4Y6zUQM<BR/><BR/>is from its cache of pics from my photo hosting, for instance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802856.post-27381783635897484962007-05-17T10:27:00.000+01:002007-05-17T10:27:00.000+01:00Hi Andrew. The point made by the court is is that ...Hi Andrew. <BR/><BR/>The point made by the court is is that the images are not smaller versions of the original, they are the original displayed and resized through an HTML tag, so there is no copying, and therefore no direct infringement. Caching is an exception to copyright law (I think in the US as well under the DMCA, I know that it is an exception here in Europe). <BR/><BR/>The Court ruled on caching:<BR/><BR/><I>"Because Google’s cache merely stores the text of webpages, our analysis of whether Google’s search engine program potentially infringes Perfect 10’s display and distribution rights is equally applicable to Google’s cache.<BR/>Perfect 10 is not likely to succeed in showing that a cached webpage that in-line links to full-size infringing images violates such rights. For purposes of this analysis, it is irrelevant whether cache copies direct a user’s browser to third-party images that are no longer available on the third party’s website, because it is the website publisher’s computer, rather than Google’s computer, that stores and displays the infringing image."</I><BR/><BR/>Fair use only applies if the images are actually infringing.Andres Guadamuzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04772686466126007620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802856.post-32153121360582018222007-05-17T09:24:00.000+01:002007-05-17T09:24:00.000+01:00Surely creating smaller versions of the original i...Surely creating smaller versions of the original images is copyright infringement?<BR/><BR/>Google caches images and presents them to the user - are they claiming that that's fair use?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com