Ticketmaster sues Microsoft

[Shaken Angel]

On Wed, 30 Apr 1997, Andrew Wohrley, Science & Technology Referen wrote:

> Today's CyberTimes has a story about a suit Ticketmaster has filed 
> against the Microsoft Network for linking to their web site.  The 
> situation is complex, and Tickmaster was paid by another ISP to 
> provide access for online orders, something the Microsoft Network 
> didn't do.  Still, things are really going to get complex on the Web 
> if hyperlinks can only be made to web sites with the permission of 
> the owner.  The good news is that the legal analyst quoted thinks that 
> Ticketmaster will lose.

This is particularly funny/ironic/stupid/weird when you realize that the
man who owns eighty per cent of Ticketmaster is the co-founder of
Microsoft, Paul Allen.

-- john f, miami university library systems