Google has made it very easy to find uses (legal and illegal) of a specific image on the web. On Google's main site, click Images at the top of the page, then click the camera icon in the search box. You can paste a URL or browse to the image you want to search. (Detailed instructions here.)
This will make it a lot easier to police illegal artwork out there. The more artists, publishers, and retailers who know about it the better; transparency will help keep people honest. So spread the word.
Special thanks to Cedric H. who wrote about this on LinkedIn's Art of Licensing group.
I had not seen this feature and enjoyed trying it out. Thanks for the tip!
Posted by: KristiTaylor | November 08, 2011 at 03:01 PM