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[Pam Davies]

On 24 Jan 97 at 14:29, Earl Young wrote:
 
>      There is a case in Britain (Scotland, I believe) where linking to a 
>      site was declared a violation - but I understand that the site 
>      cautioned against it (not certain about that though).  This case was 
>      in the news during the summer.

Read about it at
http://www.shetland-news.co.uk/
Not yet resolved, and involves personalities as well as 
technicalities.  Was going to go to court "in the New Year", but 
nothing seems to have developed recently.  Great site anyway!

Pam 

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