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Subject: RE: UKNM: Linking to sites
From: Mary Loosemore
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 20:06:18 +0100

It was Shetland Times v Shetland News

http://www.builder.com/Business/Law/ss13a.html

but they settled out of court

http://news.cnet.com/news//0-1005-200-323939.html?tag=st.cn.sr.ne.1


and as far as i know there hasn't been a case which has gone all the way
through the courts to decide on the issue.

Mary



-----Original Message-----
From: Speechradataol [dot] com [Speechradataol [dot] com (mailto:Speechradataol [dot] com)]
Sent: 14 October 2000 16:29
To: uk-netmarketingatchinwag [dot] com
Subject: Re: UKNM: Linking to sites


In a message dated 13/10/00 20:52:26 GMT Daylight Time,
lascellesatclara [dot] co [dot] uk
writes:

<<
I have a question. Does one need permission to link to a web site. I was
under the impression that one did not but others are not so sure. Does
anyone know the legal implications of this?

Thanks

Chris >>
If you are *pointing* to a site, that is loading the page into your
visitor's
browser then you can certainly do that - it's like offering someone a lift
to
the shop. However, if you load their page into a new window or otherwise
load a page so that it may appear to be 'your' content, then you're in
trouble.
I believe that there was a battle between 2 Scottish newspapers last year
over the fact that one was allegedly just providing headlines and pointing
to
the content of the other's site - however, it was alleged that they loaded
it
in such a way that it was difficult to tell it was another site.

Michael Trott

Michael Trott
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