Linking Law
Linking Law Links
- Linking Rights Commentary on linking to pages against their author's permission. [Brad Templeton]
- Withdrawal of the Reference: Rights, Rules, and Remedies for Unwelcomed Web-Linking A law review article on the litigation, technology, and applicable copyright, trademark, and privacy laws. [South Carolina Law Review]
- Recruiter Bans Rival's Links "StepStone, the online recruitment company, has obtained an injunction in Germany preventing a rival from linking to its website pages." [Financial Times]
- Proprietary Rights in Hypertext Linkages A thesis that there is no legal grounds for excluding the operation of hypertext linkages. [JILT: The Journal of Information, Law and Technology]
- Copyright on the WWW: Linking and Liability A lengthy introduction to the possible methods, liability, and infringement of unauthorized linking and framing. Recommends technological solutions in the light of inadequate existing laws. [Richmond Journal of Law & Technology]
- Links, Litigation, and Licensing: Hyperlinks and the Law An attorney's introduction to problems with unauthorized linking. [W. Jeffrey Brown]
- Linking and Liability Technical aspects of linking and legal theories that may limit the right to link to other pages. [BitLaw]
- Legality of 'Deep Linking' Remains Deeply Complicated Discussion of the Ticketmaster linking lawsuit. Free registration required. [NY Times]
- Copyright Decision Threatens Freedom to Link Report on the ruling against linking to pirated copies of a copyrighted Mormon text. Free registration required. [NY Times]
- Hacker Gadfly at Center of New Suit Report on Ford Motor's lawsuit against the domain fuckgeneralmotors.com for redirecting users to Ford's site. Free registration required. [NY Times]
- Legal Issues on the Internet: Hyperlinking and Framing Overview of issues in linking and framing disputes. [D-Lib magazine]
- Link.Openly: Etiquette "The law has decided very little about hyperlinking, so custom and practice is a much better guide for implementers and publishers of hyperlinks." Suggestions for linking formats.
- When Linking Isn't Better Business The Better Business Bureau's efforts to remove links to it's site. Free registration required. [NY Times]
- Linking, Framing and Inlining Information about the law relating to deep linking, framing, and IMG links. [Nolo Legal Encyclopedia]
- Linking and Crawling Issues Attorney Ivan Hoffman outlines some cases over linking and related topics.
- Create a Hyperlink: Go to Jail An examination of challenges to linking rights. Warns that restricting linking creates a slippery slope. [ZDNet]
- What's all the Hype about Hyperlinking? A brief overview of some linking regulation disputes. [Jeffrey R. Kuester and Peter A. Nieves]
- Free Speech on the Web? Don't Even Talk About It Criticism of the District Court linking ruling. "Despite freedom of speech, you still can't shout 'FIRE' in a crowded theater. Now you can't even point to the person shouting." [ZDNet]
- The Link to Liability Editorial criticizing linking lawsuits and how the law is falling behind technology. [The American Lawyer]
- Only News That's Fit to Link A United States District Judge has issued a ruling banning links to illegal sites. [Wired]
- Attention Editors: Deep Link Away Report on the Ticketmaster deep linking lawsuit ruling. [Wired]
- DOJ Rips Hackers, '2600' Mag in DVD-Cracking Flap A Justice Department Circuit Court of Appeals filing is critical of 2600's linking to the DeCSS code. [ZDNet]
- Hollywood Looks to Kill Hyperlinks in Copyright Fights Analysis of linking lawsuits. [CNet]
- Link Law: The Emerging Law of Internet Hyperlinks Detailed assessment of laws, claims, and defenses of linking cases. Suggests a possible need for legal prohibitions to linking. [Mark Sableman]
- Thinking About Linking Can law accommodate the power of the Internet to share information? An overview of how old legal rules are being adapted to new media technology. [Law Library Resource Xchange]
- Hyperlinks, Frames and Meta-Tags: An Intellectual Property Analysis "This article provides an overview of the areas of intellectual property law implicated by these associational tools, an analysis of cases and controversies in these areas, and practical recommendations for avoiding similar conflicts in the future." [IDEA: The Journal of Law and Technology]
- Is Linking Always Legal? The Experts Aren't Sure Commentary on challenges to linking rights. Free registration required. [NY Times]
- DVD Lawsuit Questions Legality of Linking An introduction to the DeCSS linking lawsuit. Free registration required. [NY Times]
- Emerging Legal Guidance on 'Deep Linking' Description of the deep linking controversy and lawsuits. [Margaret Smith Kubiszyn]
- Is Linking Illegal? Implications of the DeCSS ruling against linking. Free registration required. [NY Times]
- Linking Copyright to Homepages A law review article examining the legal implications of "links", including liability and copyright. Concludes that a linking page is analogous to the publisher of a telephone book. [Federal Communications Law Journal]
- The Link Controversy Page Collection of information about the legal implications of hyperlinking, inlining and framing.
- Federal Judge Orders Couple to Remove Web links to Mormon Text Report on a restraining order barring links to copyrighted Mormon texts. [Freedom Forum]
- Assessing Linking Liability Discusses who is liable for linking to sites containing illegal content. Free registration required. [NY Times]
- Linking Policies for Public Web Sites For librarians creating sites that link to others. Describes importance of having a linking policy, gives resources on policy creation, describes controversies. [LLRX.com]
- Deep Linking Introduction and analysis of deep linking issues. [Southeastern Louisiana University]
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