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Google settled a lawsuit with Getty Images and announced a multiyear global licensing deal with the company. One part of the settlement is the removal of the "View Image" buttons in Google Images searches. This is not entirely crippling, as you can still usually open the largest version of the image using your web browser's context menu:
Google is making a change to image search today that sounds small but will have a big impact: it's removing the "view image" button that appeared when you clicked on a picture, which allowed you to open the image alone. The button was extremely useful for users, since when you're searching for a picture, there's a very good chance that you want to take it and use it for something. Now, you'll have to take additional steps to save an image.
The change is essentially meant to frustrate users. Google has long been under fire from photographers and publishers who felt that image search allowed people to steal their pictures, and the removal of the view image button is one of many changes being made in response. A deal to show copyright information and improve attribution of Getty photos was announced last week and included these changes.
Google is also removing "Search by Image" buttons, requiring users to drag an image into the search bar instead.
Also at Search Engine Land and 9to5Google.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Saturday February 17 2018, @01:32AM (4 children)
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(Score: -1, Spam) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 17 2018, @01:49AM
It was chewing bubble gum inside your rectum. Even though you asked "Why?", it never answered. It never answered. It never answered. It never answered. The nightmare has only just begun...
(Score: 5, Touché) by BK on Saturday February 17 2018, @01:58AM
He did say NICE things...
...but you HAVE heard of me.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Saturday February 17 2018, @02:23AM (1 child)
(Score: 1, Offtopic) by realDonaldTrump on Saturday February 17 2018, @03:16AM
Mark Getty, very smart and hard working guy, great businessman. Believe me, he earned his place on the Rich List. He started with a small inheritance. He bought Getty Images for a few million. Built it up TREMENDOUSLY. And sold it to Carlyle for a few billion. Great job!