Google has found itself in some kind of trouble this week when news came out that Getty Images, the giant stock photo company, is filing an anti-competition complaint against the internet search giant.
Getty's complaint developed way back in January 2013 when the search giant began displaying images in its image search site in high-resolution format instead of just thumbnails which induced viewers to click through the website.
"This format has diverted users away from source sites and siphoned traffic from Getty Images, other media organizations and image creators," said Getty.
The photo resource site also added that Google's present image-search format enables viewers to right-click to save images in their computers, "with no requirement for the user to go to the source site to find out how they might legally license or seek permission to use the image in question."
This newest complaint against Google comes right after the European Commission filed a set of formal charges against the search giant last week. That complaint is against its abuse of its dominance with its Android mobile OS in order to protect its search engine.
The commission has also charged the Mountain View, CA-based company for supposedly falsifying its search results to favor its shopping service. It has already investigated accusations that the search giant "scrapes" or copies the web contents of its rivals but has not filed any formal charges so far in this regard.
In announcing its formal complaint, Getty Images also stated that the search giant "scrapes" or copies content from other publishers so that it can display the images in its search results. The photo resource site also said this practice is unfair for the image-search capabilities of its rivals.
Getty also said that the U.S. internet search giant wants to reinforce its search dominance by maintaining a monopoly over site traffic, advertising and data by advocating the removal of the providers' images completely from search results, if they don't agree to the copying of the content.
