[Ref-Links] Linking ruling

[Eric Hellman <eric@openly.com>]

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20000329/tc/hyperlink_lawsuit_1.html

In a significant precedent "[the judge] said hyperlinking was not 
illegal as long as consumers understand whose site they are on and 
that one company has not simply duplicated another's page."

I think this confirms that attempts to restrict reasonable use and 
propagation of hyperlinks through legal ploys are doomed to fail.

Eric
Eric Hellman
Openly Informatics, Inc.
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