"As much as people complain about the challenges of balancing copyrights and fair use in the US, overseas courts have been happy to provide examples that remind us that some aspects of US copyright law are actually fairly liberal. The latest such reminder comes courtesy of a case in Germany that revisits an issue that appears settled in the US: the right of image search services to create thumbnails from copyrighted works to display with the search results. The German courts have now determined that this is not OK in Germany, where Google has just lost two copyright suits over image thumbnails..."
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081013-german-court-google-image-thumbnails-infringe-on-copyright.html Just for reference, re: US law: Google v. Perfect 10: Appeals court affirms that thumbnails are fair use <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070517-google-v-perfect-10-appeals-court-affirms-that-thumbnails-are-fair-use.html> http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070517-google-v-perfect-10-appeals-court-affirms-that-thumbnails-are-fair-use.html Amalyah Keshet Chair, MCN IP SIG
