Bing Temporarily Removes New Image Widget

  • 9 September 2014
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by Lisa Lacy, September 9, 2014


Bad news for Bing's new Image Widget: The feature has been temporarily removed.
 
The move comes after stock photo agency Getty Images filed a lawsuit citing "massive infringement," reports say.
 
The feature launched in late August. According to Bing, it was intended to make it easier to display images and slideshows on websites by providing access to the code necessary to display search result images.
 
However, per Reuters, Getty's lawsuit says the widget gives users access to billions of online images without consideration to copyrights.
 
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