Not quite ready for prime time, according to a thread I was just reading on Usenet:
"A" wrote:
> I did a search for a topic
> about which I have some web pages, and noticed on the results
> page a few of my copyrighted photos.
The implication was that those photos were on the pages described
in the results. However, that turns out not to be the case. I
looked at those pages, and none of the displayed photos were on
them. I did find another of my photos being used on one website,
...snip...
> are you seeing any odd use of your photos
> when you search Cuil for the subject matter of your site?
>
>I think it would be fine for Cuil to show a
photo from my site along with a sample of the text. What's
odd--and disturbing--is the way they're mixing up photos
and text from different websites.
> Patty
>
"B" replied:
Yes, I just ran a search for my web sites and my own name, and found the
photos and the sites completely unrelated. When running my daughter's
name, there were a number of sites that used a caption from a photo on
one of my websites, and attached them to hits on "hot dog carts"! None
of my photos showed up without their sites, but only one of my sites had
the correct associated photo. They'd better get their act together if
they to run with the big dogs.
And
This who things looks like an early prototype to me -- not
even ready for Beta yet.
Even the "About Cuil" link on the home page is broken. Sigh.
Re complaining about that misuse of copyrighted photos:
>The information there about how to DMCA them is pretty
>clear, but unfortunately lacks an email address
Sounds like a mess, for the moment. I say give it a little time.