Google adds a usage rights tool in its Image Search to help users find images protected by Creative Commons and other fair use licenses. The move should help the search engine giant fortify its position as a company that respects copyright holders as it seeks to fend off a Justice Department inquiry over its Google Book Search deal.
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Google July 9 made another overture to make life easier
for Web content creators, adding a new feature to Google Image Search that lets
bloggers find free images that are available to share and modify for free.
The move constitutes Google’s latest olive branch to
artistic license a…