Free Image Search Tool
September 16, 2011
One of our clients asked us about a service called Free Image Search Tool. FIST is Magnus Manske‘s solution to the multiple queries one has to run to locate an images on a number of publicly accessible repositories. The system makes it easy to search for what are called “free images.” (We licensed the image we use for Augmentext.com and in Beyond Search we make an effort to point to a source of an image in our free Creative Commons news stream.) Images are a tough problem, often getting less attention from those concerned with copyrights for motion pictures and music.
If you want to give the service a try, click this link or the image of the search query page below:
More information about the service is available from Wikimedia, Meta Wiki.
Stephen E Arnold, September 16, 2011
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