Subject: Re: WWW & Copyright - is _linking_ illegal?
dbrower@us.oracle.com (David C. Brower) writes:
>The analogy I'd probably try to hold is that a URL is an identifier,
That's an excellent point, but I still see a difference between publishing
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Date: 18 May 1995 08:17:49 -0400
Organization: Robert J. Keller, P.C. (Federal Telecommunications Law)
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>like a phone number. It is non-copyrightable information. You are
>absolutely free to publish your own collections of phone numbers in
>books. I can't for the life of me see why you could be prohibited
>from publishing a collection of URLs, or be found to be in any way
>infringing for doing so, under the same rules as phone books.
a telephone number vs. anchoring a link to a URL in a web page. The
distinction may not be legally significant (we won't know until it is
tested, if ever), but link seems more intrusive ... perhaps it is more
akin to public display and/or performance than copying.
Bob Keller (KY3R) Email: rjk@telcomlaw.com
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