The Austrian High Court decided: Displayed thumbnails do not infringe copyright law.
It has been three years, that an Austrian photographer claimed for the stoppage of the usage of his pictures without showing the corresponding copyright credits within the search results. In fact, the first two instances decided in the favour of the prosecutor and gave partwise right to the complainant.
The last instance, the Austrian High Court (OGH), now rejected all claims completely. Since 123people does not store any data, displaying pictures in the search results, whether as thumbnails, deep links or in the slide show, is in accordance with the law.
This case can be considered as a very important decision in the field of online search and copyright, and shows once more that our service is completely compliant with the law. The ruling of the Austrian High Court will be taken as a precedent case in other court rulings in Europe.
The ruling of the Austrian High Court (German only)
The court decision in the media (German only)
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jag vill att ni tar bort all info om mej på er sida. Jag har blivit stalkad. Pleas take away all info about me. I have been Stalked.
Hi Gunilla, please note that 123people does not store any personal information. 123people finds information that is publically available on the Internet. If you want to restrict a certain link that is shown on 123people and refers directly to your person, please get in contact with our Customer Service Department (searchsupport@123people.com). The team is happy to help you.
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Copyright is always a matter of legal precedence and where technology and society are at a given time. These matters are always contentious and the effects can have wide ranging effects. Plaintiffs will always be taken seriously in these matters especially in the digital/social media age.
Thanks for your comment Dave. We as a company in this difficult times of social media and online reputation are always looking into doing the right thing. Therefore we concur with European and Austrian data protection acts and guidelines.