February of 2006 I reported a story about the publisher of an adult magazine, Perfect 10, going after Google over copyright “infringement” on Google Images. They lost the case, but appealed.

Breaking news, as reported at NetworkWorld.com it appears Perfect 10 has now decided to sue Microsoft over their image search (hey, why not!) As an added bonus, they are also sueing over — “MSN search engine can find passwords” and “Microsoft also takes advertising money from Web sites that have stolen Perfect 10 images.”

The reason I reported this story before was because affiliate publishers were being pulled in to the mess. There were claims that made it appear Perfect 10 purchased the rights to specific photographs based solely on their appearance in Google Images. Blackhat legal system manipulation at its finest.