RE: UKNM: Linking to sites

[Marshall, Jeff]

On Thursday 17th October, John Enser wrote ....."4.  My practical advice is

that there is no harm in asking - people rarely say no.  If you do not want

to ask because you think that the way in which you are using their site (by

deep linking or whatever) is likely to lead them to say no, you are probably

deep enough in the grey area to mean you ought to take paid-for advice, so

you can sue your lawyer for getting it wrong ;-)".....


"sue your lawyer for getting it wrong"?????  You've got to be joking!

Lawyers never make unambiguous statements about what you can and can't do,

they only give highly qualified opinions (highly qualified in the sense that

there is never any come back on them), and in my experience, never leave

themselves open for any kind of retribution when their opinion turns out to

be crap.  <leaves himself wide open for a barrage of counterpoints> Anybody

know of a case where a lawyer was sued for giving "his opinion"?


Jeff Marshall | Product Development Director, Europe

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