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Google Images is making it easier to license photo rights
Google is rolling out an update to Google Images designed to make it easier to license photographs or pictures that are covered by copyright. The change could help publishers, photographers, and artists get in front of their audience, while also helping users find images that they have a right to use.
Images with licensing information provided by the publisher will now appear in search results with a "Licensable" badge over the thumbnail. Clicking on that image will then bring up its licensing requirements and a link to where you're able to buy rights to it, if necessary. Licensors are able to specify a purchasing link that differs from the page the image has been surfaced from.
It'll also be possible to filter image search results by the type of license attached. For example, you could search just for images covered under a less strict Creative Commons license, or look specifically for commercial photos.
Bye, Flickr.
Also at Search Engine Land.
(Score: 1) by fakefuck39 on Wednesday September 02 2020, @02:50AM
They make no comment on what the change was designed for. The statement made is true. It adds the ability to purchase an image you're looking at, and it adds ability to only see free ones. I'm sure they get kicked back some cash from you buying the image, from the rights owner. That has nothing to do with you or their factually true statement.
How exactly are they using their monopoly here to add this ability? What does that have to do with a monopoly?
Google shopping has been around since forever, letting you search through stores. Now you can do that with images, or use the free service how you used to and not click buy. They're using their monopoly status to let you purchase an image from the store that sells it?
Next up: Apple adds ability to natively mirror screen to chromecast. You: Apple is abusing its monopoly by adding features.