Getty Images, a long-time critic of Google’s image search functionality, plans on Wednesday to file a competition law complaint against the search giant with the European Commission.

Gett’s key allegation is that Google profits from scraping third-party images that it does not generate, while affecting artists whose work can as a result be easily pirated.

Google is already being investigated by the commission for allegedly favoring its own comparison shopping product in general search results.  Last week the authority charged Google with forcing makers of Android smartphones to preload its search application and Chrome browser on their devices as a precondition for licenses to its  proprietary apps and services.

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