The case involving image indexing between Les Kelly and Arribasoft cuts closer to this. When I spoke with Kelly about his case years ago, he didn't feel he should be required to opt-out, though he did try to.
Photographer Les Kelly still seeks a settlement with AltaVista after sending them a written complaint, and he sent a similar complaint to Lycos. The decision comes in the case of Kelly versus Arriba Soft (Ditto).
The ruling seems to have come out as a draw in the case between photographer Les Kelly and image search engine Ditto, formerly called Arriba Soft. I am quite pleased to see that copyright owners worldwide now have case law to enhance their...
The ruling seems to have come out as a draw in the case between photographer Les Kelly and image search engine Ditto, formerly called Arriba Soft. Even Kelly is happy with the compromise. In response to this, Kelly said, "Sorceron.com has claimed...
If Les Kelly has his way, image search engines will face tough legal restrictions over what they can list similar to how Napster has been constrained over linking to MP3 files. Over the past three years, California-based photographer Kelly has...
If Les Kelly has his way, image search engines will face tough legal restrictions over what they can list similar to how Napster has been constrained over linking to MP3 files. It was a rogue spider that blew past each and every exclusion text that...
If Les Kelly has his way, image search engines will face tough legal restrictions over what they can list similar to how Napster has been constrained over linking to MP3 files. =================== About The Update
More information about the imaging indexing case above, with a current update on its status, fron the plaintiff, photographer Les Kelly. Kelly vs. Is it legal to spider someone's web site without permission?
Another case, this one against image search engine Ditto.com (formerly ArribaVista) by photographer Les Kelly, has resulted in a preliminary finding in mid-November that the service's display of thumbnail images does not infringe the copyright of...
Artist Les Kelly is one of those that complained to AltaVista in writing about the indexing of images from his site, and he still plans to pursue damages. Kelly has reported to me previously that AltaVista tells him it considers the issue to be dead.
Artist Les Kelly is one of those that complained to AltaVista in writing about the indexing of images from his site, and he still plans to pursue damages. But Kelly refuses to implement a robots.txt restriction until reaching a settlement with...
Artist Les Kelly is one of those that complained to AltaVista in writing about the indexing of images from his site, and he still plans to pursue damages. ArribaVista has since removed images taken directly from Kelly's site.
Artist Les Kelly is one of those that complained to AltaVista in writing about the indexing of images from his site, and he still plans to pursue damages. ArribaVista has since removed images taken directly from Kelly's site.
Les Kelly Web Sites http://www.showmethegold.com/showme.html http://www.goldrush1849.com Kelly is one of those upset. Since then, AltaVista has removed his images from its index and told Kelly that it considers the matter closed, he reports.
