An adult photo publisher Thursday sued Microsoft for copyright infringement, saying the software giant's MSN Search engine displays thumbnails of pirated versions of the company's copyrighted pictures in search results, and that those results include links to the full-size pirated versions.

Never mind that a federal appeals court less than three months ago tossed out an earlier victory in a similar case that the company – California publisher Perfect 10, Inc. -- brought against Google and Amazon.

"Microsoft is showing tens of thousands of extremely valuable celebrity images, along with Perfect 10 images, without authorization, which it obtains from hundreds if not thousands of pirate websites," Norm Zada, president of Perfect 10, said in a statement.

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