FW: UKNM: Linking to sites

[Chris Lascelles]

Thanks Paul, but as Michael pointed out, there still seems to be some

confusion over this issue.  I understand that deep linking or framinhg

requires prior agreement but still not 100% sure about a simple link. If

there are any lawyers on this list, how about a bit of free advice? (does

that exist in the legal profession? - any good lawyer jokes anybody?)


Chris Lascelles

lascellesclara [dot] co [dot] uk

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Subject: Re: UKNM: Linking to sites


I`m no expert but as far as I know, you are free to link to any web site

without permission but deep-linking (linking to pages other than the home

page) has certainly been frowned upon in American law

(http://www.gigalaw.com/articles/kubiszyn-2000-05b-p1.html).


>From a practical point of view, providing links to web pages should present

any legal problems provided you're not saying anything defamatory about the

site in question and that you don`t try and pass of their content as your

own. It's always a good idea to tell them that you're linking to them as

well.


Paul

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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.


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