RE: UKNM: Linking to sites

[rODbegbie]

> Can't imagine a problem with linking to a web site.

>

> Things that could get you into trouble are in the realm of

> passing off, such

> as wrapping another body's site in your frame etc.


Yeah, "framing" was the problem with the old Shetland Times/Shetland News

lawsuit.

(http://news6.thdo.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid%5F29000/29191.stm)


But in the US, ticketmaster.com lost a court case trying to prevent

tickets.com "deep-linking" into the ticketmaster site:

http://news.cnet.com/news//0-1005-200-1597146.html


HTH,


rOD.



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