Google partners with Getty, kills 'view image' button from search results

In a move to curb the lifting of copyrighted images from its platform, Google has removed the "view image" button from its image search results.

"Today we're launching some changes on Google Images to help connect users and useful websites.

"This will include removing the View Image button.

The Visit button remains, so users can see images in the context of the webpages they're on," Google SearchLiaison tweeted on Friday.

The change is seen as part of Google's partnering with stock photo provider Getty Images.

Google last week signed a multi-year global licensing deal with Getty Images, allowing it to use Getty's content within its various products and services.

According to a report in The Verge, Google will make copyright attribution and disclaimers more prominent in image search results.

Now, users have to wait for a website to load and then scroll through it to find the image.