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Google adds copyright information

Friday 5 October 2018, 16:32 by Michelle Peeters | 5,177 views | 4 comments

This article was translated from Dutch with the help of AI. Read the original.

Google has taken another major step towards protecting photographers' copyright through the Google Images search engine. They have added image rights metadata to photo search results in Google Images.

This new feature was developed in collaboration with the photo industry consortium CEPIC and the IPTC organisation for media properties. The new feature makes it clear who holds the copyright to a photo when you search for images through Google.

It has always been difficult to find out who took photographs on the internet, as well as who owns the rights to them, says Google. This information is often part of an image's metadata and is key to protecting copyright and image licensing information.

If you want to view a photo's metadata on the internet, click the "Image credits" link. Google says that copyright metadata will also be added in the coming weeks to display copyright notices such as © 2008 Jane Doe.

This new development by Google, showing Author and Credit Line in Google Images, is a very positive step forwards for all creators of visual material and rights holders.

A very good move that shows that visual content is not an anonymous creation, but the result of the creativity of an identifiable person.

Google says it is also working with CEPIC and IPTC to advise photographers, photo agencies and publishers on including copyright and attribution information in metadata.

This latest step was taken within a year of Google removing the 'View image' button from image search results. This was done to make it more difficult for people to download full-size images while bypassing the original websites where they were found.

Source: Petapixel.

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4 comments

Anita van der Krol wrote on Tuesday 9 October 2018 at 10:24 | reply
I would like to know how I can add my details to all photos on the internet that have been copied from me without my details, or rather, have had them removed.
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Elja Trum wrote on Tuesday 9 October 2018 at 11:51 | reply
@Anita; unfortunately, that is not possible.
But of course you can address someone who uses your photo about it.
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guest wrote on Wednesday 10 October 2018 at 11:53 | reply
Unfortunately, most people don't care that you call them out on it. You can only hire a lawyer for every photo (which I would actually prefer to do, but it's unaffordable).
This is at least a step forward from Google.
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Elja Trum wrote on Wednesday 10 October 2018 at 12:17 | reply
@Guest; personally, I always think it's proper to address someone about it first. If they don't respond normally, you can always just send an invoice. You don't need to immediately get a lawyer involved for that. You then put the problem with the other party.

They'll probably want to talk to you after receiving the invoice. If not, send reminders and eventually you could hand it over to a collection agency (some of them also work on a no-cure, no-pay basis).
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