Hyperlink legality (was: some typical pissing match above)

Brian Link said:

Bottom line, currently it doesn't appear to be illegal to link to
other information on the web. It's a web, not a filament. If it were
to become illegal, the web as we know it would vanish.

Especially Google.

Quoted message said:

That being said, it's generally rude to link to someone else's content
without at least attribution. And if requested to remove it, rude to
leave it up. But not litigable (well, I spose 'bout anything is
litigable. Freedom isn't free, you know.. )

I don't think it's rude to link to it but to just take it and put it
on your own site would be rude at the very least.
Assuming you find unattributed plagiarism rude that is.

Quoted message said:

Now of course, sometimes you WANT to be rude...

BLink

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Bob Mann
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Brian Link <[email hidden]> wrote in
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Quoted message said:

I read about 80% of the huge threads above and didn't see this
mentioned, but here's a recent court case dealing with a similar
topic.

http://makeashorterlink.com/?X1D125F5A

And of course there's the infamous DECSS encryption-link fight.. one
summary here

http://www.lemuria.org/DeCSS/main.html

And another here (equally infamous 2600 magazine hyperlink Froohaha).

http://www.mpaa.org/Press/Hyperlink_FAQ.htm

Bottom line, currently it doesn't appear to be illegal to link to
other information on the web. It's a web, not a filament. If it were
to become illegal, the web as we know it would vanish.

That being said, it's generally rude to link to someone else's content
without at least attribution. And if requested to remove it, rude to
leave it up. But not litigable (well, I spose 'bout anything is
litigable. Freedom isn't free, you know.. )

Now of course, sometimes you WANT to be rude...

BLink

You're confusing posting a link to another site and arranging for that
site's content to appear as part of your site (through an <img> link or
something more complicated). The first (despite Ticketron) is pretty clearly
both legal and okay; the second isn't.

Hugh

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Run like hell and let the clowns deal with the bull.

Hugh Beyer said:

Brian Link <[email hidden]> wrote in
news:[email hidden]:

Quoted message said:

I read about 80% of the huge threads above and didn't see this
mentioned, but here's a recent court case dealing with a similar
topic.

http://makeashorterlink.com/?X1D125F5A

And of course there's the infamous DECSS encryption-link fight.. one
summary here

http://www.lemuria.org/DeCSS/main.html

And another here (equally infamous 2600 magazine hyperlink Froohaha).

http://www.mpaa.org/Press/Hyperlink_FAQ.htm

Bottom line, currently it doesn't appear to be illegal to link to
other information on the web. It's a web, not a filament. If it were
to become illegal, the web as we know it would vanish.

That being said, it's generally rude to link to someone else's content
without at least attribution. And if requested to remove it, rude to
leave it up. But not litigable (well, I spose 'bout anything is
litigable. Freedom isn't free, you know.. )

Now of course, sometimes you WANT to be rude...

BLink

You're confusing posting a link to another site and arranging for that
site's content to appear as part of your site (through an <img> link or
something more complicated). The first (despite Ticketron) is pretty clearly
both legal and okay; the second isn't.

Slippery johnny williams please note!!

"Brian Link" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Bottom line, currently it doesn't appear to be illegal to link to
other information on the web. It's a web, not a filament. If it were
to become illegal, the web as we know it would vanish.

That being said, it's generally rude to link to someone else's content
without at least attribution. And if requested to remove it, rude to
leave it up. But not litigable (well, I spose 'bout anything is
litigable. Freedom isn't free, you know.. )

Yeah, it costs about a buck 05.

Not really related, but still in the ballpark:
'MP3 links breach copyright, says Norwegian court'
http://www.out-law.com/php/page.php?page_id=mplinksbreachcop1107172121&area=news

-Ben