Is the Microsoft Live Search Engine Too Good?
Now this I thought was interesting, especially for those people who tend to discount Live as a great search tool.
A publisher of nude model photography is suing Microsoft for putting links and images of the company’s content in search results taken from other websites that are illegally reproducing the material.
The company, Perfect 10, previously lost a similar suit seeking injunctions against Google and Amazon.com and its subsidiary search engine, A9.com, over alleged copyright infringement, but Perfect 10 is appealing that decision.
The latest suit, filed in US District Court, Central District of California, alleges that Microsoft’s MSN image search feature creates unauthorised thumbnails of content owned by Perfect 10 and includes links to see full-size versions of the images for free.
The suit also says Microsoft’s MSN search engine can find passwords that have been improperly posted on other websites and enable access to Perfect 10’s website. Microsoft also takes advertising money from websites that have stolen Perfect 10 images, according to the lawsuit.
