By John McCarthy

Getty Images has filed a lawsuit against computing giant Microsoft claiming that search engine Bing’s image widget unlawfully accessed and reproduced its content, facilitating a “massive infringement” of copyright.

Microsoft-owned Bing’s website claims that its image widget “enhances your website with the power of Bing Image Search and provides your users with beautiful, configurable image collages and slideshows”.

However, Getty pointed out that many of the images displayed through the app were used regardless of copyright status – and that much of the content belonged to the image firm.

The lawsuit, filed to a New York US District Court read: “Rather than draw Read full story ›

Source: The Drum