[WEB4LIB] Hyperlinking OK, judge says

[Dennis VanArsdale]

Date sent:      	Wed, 29 Mar 2000 11:01:41 -0800 (PST)
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From:           	"Charles P. Hobbs" <chhobbs at cdrewu.edu>
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Subject:        	[WEB4LIB] Hyperlinking OK, judge says

> http://live.altavista.com/scripts/editorial.dll?efi=900&ern=y&ei=1644535
> 
> This was a ruling in favor of "Tickets.com" which was sued by
> "Ticketmaster" for
> linking to individual records in the Ticketmaster site, rather than to
> the front page.
> 
> My opinion: This is a *good* ruling, as the whole WWW was designed along
> 
> the lines of being able to link wherever you wanted to, basically.
> 
> Don't want other people linking directly to your database records? Hide
> them
> behind a CGI script or something, but don't go running to a judge,
> expecting to
> change the rules of the game...
> 
> --
> Charles P. Hobbs
> King Drew Health Science Library
> http://www.cdrewu.edu/lib_home.htm
> 
> 


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